Beauty in Trouble

Left homeless by a flood, and all out of passion for her tightly-wound petty criminal husband, the alluring Marcela (Anna Geislerova) takes her two kids and moves in with her mother.

The mother's boyfriend is a monster, and the kids are unhappy, but Marcela can't afford to relocate – until a prosperous older man becomes besotted by her, and offers to help. Can Marcela distinguish love from gratitude? And has she really got her ex out of her system? Superb, sexy, consummately elegant Czech drama, inspired by the poem by Robert Graves and directed by Jan Hrebejk.

Critic Reviews:

• " Beauty in Trouble uses another kind of catastrophe to reveal the true nature of its central characters. " – John Hartl

• " Impressive for its mastery, intelligence, and ambition in juggling intricate plot strands and memorable characters. " – Jonathan Rosenbaum

• " The movie begins with a flood that threatens Prague literally; it ends with a flood of emotions that threaten to undermine a potentially happy relationship. " – Lawrence Toppman