
Beautiful People (1999) on Netflix
October 1993: England plays the Netherlands in a World Cup qualifier while refugees from the Bosnian War arrive. Trainee nurse Portia Thornton is among the locals whose lives they touch.
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Plot summary
As the Bosnian War drives refugees into Britain in October 1993, England meets the Netherlands in a World Cup qualifier. Rivals from the Balkans, on the football pitch and in politics, bring conflict and comic confusion, and four English families are drawn into encounters with the newcomers. Portia Thornton, a nurse in training, falls in love with her Bosnian patient Pero Guzina, to the dismay of her upper crust relatives. Dr. Mouldy, a maternity ward doctor, follows the pregnancy of a Bosnian couple who do not want the child, while his own family life comes apart. War correspondent Jerry Higgins, left permanently disabled by his time covering the war, has an unusual wish. Griffin Midge, a drug-addicted youth, gets a close view of the war's effects, and a Serb and a Croat forced together cannot get along.
Cast
Charlotte Colemanas Portia Thornton
Charles Kayas George Thornton
Rosalind Ayresas Nora Thornton
Julian Firthas Edward Thornton
Edward Jewesburyas Joseph Thornton
Nicholas Farrellas Dr. Mouldy
- Danny Nussbaumas Griffin Midge
Roger Slomanas Roger Midge
Heather Tobiasas Felicity Midge
- Kenan Hudaverdias Railway Worker
Faruk Prutias Croat
Dado Jehanas Serb

























