Beautiful People (1999)

Director:

Jasmin Dizdar

Writer:

Jasmin Dizdar (written by)

Release Date:

25 August 1999 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A comic collision of chaos and coincidence

Plot:

In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height...

Plot Keywords:

Soccer | Hospital | Heroin | Immigrant | Bosnia Herzegovina

Awards:

4 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Thomas Goodridge	...	Youth with Mobile Phone
Faruk Pruti	...	Croat
Tony Peters	...	Bus Driver
Dado Jehan	...	Serb
Rosalind Ayres	...	Nora Thornton
Julian Firth	...	Edward Thornton
Charles Kay	...	George Thornton
Charlotte Coleman	...	Portia Thornton
Edward Jewesbury	...	Joseph Thornton
Bobby Williams	...	Tim Mouldy
Joseph Williams	...	Tom Mouldy
Nicholas Farrell	...	Dr. Mouldy
Danny Nussbaum	...	Griffin Midge
Steve Sweeney	...	Jim
Jay Simpson	...	Bigsy

MPAA:

Rated R for drug use, language and some violent content.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | France:-12 | Germany:12 | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | New Zealand:R | Iceland:12

Company:

Arts Council of England

Quotes:

Pero Guzina: [thanking his dinner hosts in his broken English] Thank you for your hostility.

Movie Connections:

Features The Railway Children (1970)

Soundtrack:

Dance the Devil Away

A little gem.......

I love British movies - most of them, at least - and this one was no exception. It was on late night TV, and the mention of Charlotte Coleman's name amongst the cast convinced me to stay up to watch it. Most everything which could be said about it has been said.

For me, it left me with a lot to think about. It was not a stab at realism, but had a strong impact all the same. I quite enjoyed the somewhat chaotic, circular storytelling style, as the viewer is reacquainted again and again with some characters, as they stumble through their lives.

My favourite set-up was the hospital bed companion of the Serb and Croat - himself a Welshman who hates the English, and is in hospital having been blown up with an incendiary device he was buying - to blow up English property, no doubt. He's forever trying to stop the Serb and Croat from killing one another, completely oblivious that his own blind prejudice - whilst justifiable - is destructive, and mirrors their own.

A must-see for fans of British film.