i recently saw this at the 2007 palm spring international film festival . the film title and in fact much of the outline of the film be from the robert grave poem beauty in trouble . jan hrebejk direct a screenplay by petr jrchovský from a story by hrebejk and jrchovský . the story begin in 2002 when prague be hit by one of those devastate 100 year flood that destroy the household of marcela ( ana ceislerová ) and jarda ( roman luknár ) and their two child kuba ( adam misik ) and lucina ( michaela mrvikova ) . because of the moldy condition where they now live kuba asthma be life threaten . marcela work and jarda run a chop shop out of the garage they live next to . jarda shady occupation run him afoul of the law and one of his theft victim becomes infatuate with marcela . evzen benes ( josef abrhám ) be a wealthy businessman who divide his time between italy and the czech republic and offer to care marcela and her two kid . jana brejchová be marcella mother who live with her common law husband call uncle richie play by jirí schmitzer in probably the film best role . round out this excellent cast be emília vasaryova a jarda mentally fragile mother who give any money she get to the local religious charlatan . there be a lot go on here for a small film and it good story with a great script and a lot of comic relief . ale brezina provide the music score with additional music from czech singer raduza and irish singer glen hansard . there be a lot to like about this film and i would give it an 8. negative and recommend it .