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Bookmark this pageBeauty in Trouble (2006)
Director: Jan Hrebejk
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From Time Out New York
After her husband is jailed for stealing cars, thirtyish Marcela (Geislerová) and her two young children move in with Marcela’s mother and her delightfully sadistic boyfriend (Jirí Schmitzer). Struggling to get back on track, Marcela meets a wealthy, older man (Josef Abrhám) who promises a better life for her and her kids. At heart, Beauty in Trouble is a fairly conventional story about the conflicting pulls of sexual dependency and financial security, but the movie is lifted out of the ordinary by Schmitzer’s turn as the grandfather from hell.Author: Joshua Land
Time Out New York Issue 663: June 12 - 18, 2008
Cast & crew
Director: Jan Hrebejk
Cast: Anna Geislerová, Jirí Schmitzer, Josef Abrhám, Roman Luknár, Jana Brejchová, Wayne Knight, Dash Mihok, Julie Benz full cast
Duration: 110 mins
US Release: Sep 7 2006
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