Beautiful People
Beautiful People is a 1999 British satirical comedy film written and directed by Jasmin Dizdar. The film won an award for the best film in Un Certain Regard category at the Cannes Film Festival. Beautiful People is set in London during the time of the Bosnian War.
Plot
In London during October 1993, England are playing the Netherlands in the World Cup qualifiers. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from former 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 an encounter with the refugees; one of the families improbably becomes involved with a Balkan refugee through the England vs Netherlands match.
More details
| author | Jasmin Dizdar |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Jasmin Dizdar |
| editor | Justin Krish |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | 1994 fifa world cup qualification – uefa group 2 balkan bosnian war england england national football team former yugoslavia netherlands netherlands national football team world cup world cup qualifiers |
| musicBy | Garry Bell Ghostland Jasmin Dizdar |
| producer | Ben Gibson Ben Woolford Roger Shannon |
| publisher | Channel Four Films Trimark Pictures |
| theme | independent war |