Beauty in Trouble

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Kevin L Jan Hřebejk along with writers Petr Jarchovský and Robert Graves made a fine film about love, lust, benevolence, and the nastiness of those who think only of themselves. The ever lovely Anna Geislerová is great as the lead Marcela, whose husband Jarda is a car thief, though he married her when she was in dire straits and adopted her son. She's still drawn to Jarda, but it's more due to a young woman's desires than him being attractive due to his being a standup father and husband. She enjoys lustful sex and his physical abusiveness is an extension of a chauvinism that powers strong sexual encounters, but he is vain and not particularly bright. The standup man is Benes, played so well by Josef Abrhám, who sees Marcela at her job and is right away, of course, attracted to her and seizes her being again in need of help as a chance to offer her his house in Prague. This gives him a chance to spend time romancing her as he works to sell the house before returning to his permanent home in Italy. But he finds himself being extorted by the very people he let stay in his house and who want to buy it from him as they have him basically hemmed in from access to the house after buying the property in front of it. She's is in a bad way after leaving Jarda with the kids and staying with her mother, the loving Zdena, who is so afraid of being alone that she lives in denial of what a pig her man, Risha, can be. He can be bad enough to take advantage of a sixteen year old. Plus, there's the presence of Jarda's mother wanting Marcela to return to him and be there for her 'well-intentioned' boy. Marcela keeps her head, ultimately, and Benes calls the lowlife brother and sister on their extortionist attempt by refusing to ever sell the house to them. Good beginning, middle and ending. I will say I was quite surprised by the use of Hansgard/Irglová songs which would also make up part of the soundtrack for the film "Once". I don't think they worked so well here. 3.4 stars Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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