《诺娜和埃斯特》(Lepsie Byt Bohaty A Zdravy Ako Chudobny A Chory)是捷克导演朱拉·亚库比斯克Jakubisko的幸福三部曲的最后一部电影,描写的是捷克天鹅绒革命后,两个女人悲喜交加的命运。影片精彩纷呈,情节流畅,音乐优美,镜头切换风格独特。
影片开始于捷克集权专制的最后时期,严格的审查和压制,就连诺娜失踪多年的从美国寄来的包裹都得接受审查,这让诺娜很无奈。
但不久天鹅绒革命胜利了,GCD倒台了,捷克人和斯洛伐克人走上街头狂欢。诺娜认识了埃斯特,她是党疗养院的护士,因为她爱的男人拉佐是党员,在革命后选择了自杀,她悲伤欲绝。诺娜也怀孕了,但当她把消息告诉男友维洛并打算和他结婚时,那个男人退缩了,诺娜愤而大闹了一个政治酒会,也放弃了当大使的机会。埃斯特把诺娜救到自己家里,两个女人的生命轨迹从此产生了交集。
为了能够生存下来,她们先是卖自拍的“圣女照片”,生意不好,就卖裸体照,卖奶油……甚至被骗买了一个木头摄像机。无奈之下,最后埃斯特卖了拉佐留下的名画,卖了很多钱,她们欣喜的去购物,可是汽车却被人偷走了……从此她们走上了偷、骗、抢的道路。
一个偶然的机会,她们从卖木摄像机骗她们的那个男人抢了很多钱,一下子成了百万富翁。这时,诺娜失踪多年的男朋友罗伯特回来了,却把埃斯特给拐走了,并席卷了她们所有的钱。绝望的诺娜自杀未遂,坚强的生下孩子。
几年后,诺娜带着孩子逛街时,埃斯特回来了,两人大吵了一番,埃斯特表示忏悔,并说罗伯特是坏蛋,只给她留下了肚里的孩子……两个女人又生活在了一起,很富裕很健康,只是没有一分钱!!!

Jakubisko's "It's better to be Wealthy and Healthy, than Poor and Ill", is a cinematic joy from start to finish. Often it is described as being the Thelma & Louise of Eastern Europe. Sort of, but it's more of a slapstick tragicomedy with Surreal elements. The Story takes place in 1989, around the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia. Nona the main character is Slovak, and she befriends Ester who is Czech. Nona is pregnant and abandoned by her politician boyfriend, because he doesn't want a kid. The other man she sees comes around from time to time, but avoids commitment. Ester also has bad luck with her communist activist boyfriend. Immediately the two ladies hit it off and become roommates, but survival is tough in a post cold war country; so they resort to crime. Their next door neighbor is an old nun, who stops bye to check on them and sometimes even to party with them too. Nona and Ester have many misadventures and road trips. They get involved with stealing, prostitution, stripping or whatever means necessary to survive. Usually they trick men by stealing their wallets, and running off without ever having sex with them (so their not really prostitutes, but more of thieves) Things get better for them when they rob a truck driver, who sells people broken electronics from the black market. He has millions, which they take from him at gunpoint. From that point on their lives change both for the better and worse. Of course the film is funny, sad, surreal and all heart at the same time, as of most eastern European comedies. With colorful characters, dreamlike images and political satire, Jakubisko has been compared to Fellini and Emir Kusturica. So the film is kind of like Thelma & Louise, but more so for the oppressed, poor and struggling working class. This film is so much fun, and is the last film in Jakubisko's Trilogy of happiness. If you can find a copy, your guaranteed a unique movie experience.

诺娜和埃斯特Lepsie byt bohaty a zdravy ako chudobny a chory(1992)

又名:It's Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill

上映日期:1992-09-11(捷克斯洛伐克)片长:108分钟

主演:迪娜·霍瓦索瓦 Deana Horváthová/达格玛·维斯科莫娃 Dagmar Veskrnová/朱拉什·库库拉 Juraj Kukura/Lubomír Paulovic/Vilma Jamnická/Stano Danciak/Pavel Nový/Hana Packertová/Ján Barto/Zdenek Dusek/Milada Ondrasíková/Jirí Pecha/Olga Zöllnerová

导演:朱拉·亚库比斯克 Juraj Jakubisko编剧:朱拉·亚库比斯克 Juraj Jakubisko

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