Beauty in Trouble (2006)
- Original title
- Kráska v nesnázích
- Directed by
- Jan Hřebejk
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- Yes
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 22 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman struggles with her husband's imprisonment and turns to another man for support. She must navigate shifting loyalties and complicated relationships while trying to keep her family together.
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What happens
Beauty in Trouble (Czech: Kráska v nesnázích) is a 2006 Czech tragicomedy directed by Jan Hřebejk. Eddie Cockrell, writing in Variety, said the "[t]itle comes from the Robert Graves poem, itself adapted into a Czech popular song in the 1980s, and performed in the film by homegrown thrush Radůza. Germ of the pic's idea was the first line, 'Beauty in trouble flees to the good angel/On whom she can rely...'" (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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