Heiners Filmseiten – Slums of Beverly Hills (en)

Slums of Beverly Hills

German title: Hauptsache Beverly Hills
Francaise title: Les taudis de Beverly Hills
Spain title: La otra cara de Beverly Hills
Greek title: Αχούρια του Μπέβερλι Χίλς
Russian title: Трущобы Беверли Хиллз
Original title: Slums of Beverly Hills

Alternative titles:
Die Slums von Beverly Hills / Suburbios de Beverly Hills / Colgados en Beverly Hills / Tα Aχούρια του Mπέβερλι

Family comedy – USA
Production year: 1997
Movie length: 91 minutes

Director: Tamara Jenkins
Writer: Tamara Jenkins
Cinematograph: Rolfe Kent
Music: Tom Richmond

Movie description:

An unemployed father keeps moving his family from one cheap motel to another just in time to avoid paying the rent, but he is careful that all of these locations are within the wealthy Los Angeles suburb of Beverly Hills so that his children Vivian, Rickey and Ben qualify for the upscale public schools there. Life becomes more complicated when his free-spirited (and drug addicted) niece comes to live with them and becomes an influence on his daughter, who is just entering puberty.

Vivian’s family are penniless nomads, moving from one cheap flat to another in Beverly Hills so she and her brothers can attend the city’s schools. Uncle Mickey sends them money to survive. When Mickey’s daughter Rita runs away from an asylum, Vivian’s dad offers shelter to her if Mickey will pay for a plush flat. Vivian must babysit her adult cousin, making sure she gets to nursing school and avoids pills and booze. But Vivian has her own problems: she’s curious about sex, likes an older neighbor kid, has inherited her mother’s ample breasts, and wants a family that doesn’t embarrass her. Can she help Rita, keep Uncle Mickey happy, and feel OK about her body and her family?

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