Beautiful People (1999)
A comic collision of chaos and coincidence
107 min
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.
- Release date
- October 5, 2000
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Cast
- Charlotte Coleman as Portia Thornton
- Charles Kay as George Thornton
- Rosalind Ayres as Nora Thornton
- Julian Firth as Edward Thornton
- Edward Jewesbury as Joseph Thornton
- Nicholas Farrell as Dr Mouldy
- Danny Nussbaum as Griffin Midge
- Roger Sloman as Roger Midge
- Heather Tobias as Felicity Midge
- Kenan Hudaverdi as Railway Worker
- Faruk Pruti as Croat
- Dado Jehan as Serb
- Linda Bassett as Sister
- Sharon D. Clarke as Nurse Tina
- Siobhan Redmond as Kate Higgins
- Gilbert Martin as Jerry Higgins
- Melee Hutton as Mrs Mouldy
- Jonny Phillips as Brian North
- Dev Sagoo as DHSS Clerk
- Jay Simpson as Bigsy
- Louise Breckon-Richards as Policewoman
- Nicholas McGaughey as Welshman
- Thomas Goodridge as Youth with Mobile Phone
- Tony Peters as Bus Driver
- Bobby Williams as Tim Mouldy
Crew
- Jasmin Dizdar · Director
- Jasmin Dizdar · Writer
- Ben Woolford · Producer
- Garry Bell · Composer
- Barry Ackroyd · Cinematographer
- Justin Krish · Editor
- Suzanne Crowley · Casting director
- Gilly Poole · Casting director
- Jon Henson · Production designer