Beautiful People

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Beautiful People
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109 min. , color
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F: 18 May 1999, Cannes Film Festival
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plot synopsis:
On October 13, 1993, England is to play Holland in the World Cup preliminaries. During that time the Bosnian war is at its height. Sebrenica is besieged and the UN is preparing to relief airdrops.
In a London bus a Serb and a Croat meet and recognize each other as fellow refugees from a Bosnian village. They begin to beat each other up. It follows a crazy chase through central London.
This black comedy shows the multicultural life of London and the connection between the English citizens and the refugees.
In seemingly loose episodes the film shows the influences of the war in former Yugoslavia on Western Europe and thus the episodes form a unit again.
literature:
Martina Knoben. "Jasmin Dizdar erzählt 'Short Cuts' aus London - und Bosnien". In: Epd-Film 17 (2000), 10, 35.

Oliver Rahayel. "Beautiful People". In: Film-Dienst 53 (2000), 20, 18.
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Won an award at the "Cannes Film Festival" in 1999.
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VHS NTSC, DVD, CD