Beautiful People

1999 Comedy Drama

Jasmin Dizdar's debut feature takes place in London on October 13, 1993. England is to play against Holland in a critical World Cup qualifier. The Bosnian war is at its height, Sebrenica is besieged, and the UN is preparing relief airdrops. Serbian Dado Jehan and Croatian Faruk Pruti meet on a London bus. Recognizing each other as fellow refugees from the same village in Bosnia, they try to beat each other up. The subsequent crazy chase through the streets of central London sets the scene for a highly charged dark comedy. Beautiful People draws a portrait of the multicultural life of London where lives of British families are inadvertently linked with the lives of the refugees.

Director: Jasmin Dizdar

Starring: Charlotte Coleman, Charles Kay, Rosalind Ayres, Roger Sloman, Heather Tobias

Reviews

  • There's a bravura recklessness to Beautiful People that perfectly fits its subject.

    Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly

    29 November 2012

  • Is, in the end, a boisterous love song -- a funny valentine to London, to chaos and to human decency.

    Dana Stevens - The New York Times

    29 November 2012

  • Lives up to its ambitiousness in all its aspects.

    Kevin Thomas - Los Angeles Times

    29 November 2012

  • Fierce, funny and vividly moving.

    Peter Travers - Rolling Stone

    29 November 2012

  • The movie's devil-may-care freneticism is edgily amusing, almost liberating.

    Desson Thomson - The Washington Post

    29 November 2012

Awards

  • Best Original Screenplay

    British Independent Film Awards (1999)

     
  • Jasmin Dizdar

    Cannes Film Festival (1999)

  • Jasmin Dizdar

    Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema (1999)

  • Best Feature

    Gijón International Film Festival (1999)

     
  • Jasmin Dizdar

    Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (1999)