Ivan Ostrochovský’s film, “Only Beautiful Things to Look At,” depicts Czechoslovakia in the 1980s and the state-sanctioned program of suppressing the Roma population through coerced sterilization.
The Slovakian filmmaker's work painstakingly evokes the fashions and furnishings of Czechoslovakia during the 1980s. However, according to a review published by *Variety*, the film’s presentation is “attractive yet oddly bloodless.”
The film focuses on a dark period in Czechoslovakian history: a racist program implemented by the state that involved the coerced sterilization of Roma people. The review suggests that while visually compelling, the movie presents this difficult subject matter as a somewhat detached period drama rather than a visceral exploration of cruelty.
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