Beautiful People

"A comic collision of chaos and coincidence"

Sep 17 1999 R 1h 47m
Comedy, Drama, War

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.

Plot

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; one of the families improbably becomes involved with a Balkan refugee through the England vs. Holland match.

Written by

Jasmin Dizdar

Directed by

Jasmin Dizdar

Cast

Thomas Goodridge, Faruk Pruti, Tony Peters

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

British Screen Productions, Arts Council of England, BFI

Languages

Srpski, English, Bosanski, Hrvatski

Awards

4 wins & 5 nominations

Trailers
Beautiful People (1999) Trailer
Beautiful People (1999) ORIGINAL TRAILER
Scores
# of Votes
2,589
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
79
Popularity
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