Fresh
Inventively examines bigotry, combining daring humor and hyperbole, dark realism and shining idealism.
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Beautiful People
A comic collision of chaos and coincidence
1999 · 1h 47m · R
Comedy, Drama, War
Directed by
Jasmin Dizdar
Overview
In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations. Meanwhile, the lives of four English families are affected in different ways by encounter with the refugees.
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