A Stroke of Luck
38th of 117 in Spanish Cinema
- Out-grossed 77% of Spanish Cinema releases with reported figures ($12M).
- Returned 3.5× its budget, against an industry median of 1.3×.
- Momentum in the 67th percentile.
- Audience rating 5 from 203 votes, the 2nd percentile.
- Cost
- $4M
- Took
- $12M
Against a Spanish Cinema median of 1.3×, so this one returned 2.7 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
Villaviciosa de al Lado is a peaceful town stuck in time, living exclusively of the fame of a 200 years-old spa. Therefore, city hall's debts threatens to close the spa and ruin all town. Their salvation becomes when suddenly mayor Anselmo and the rest of members of city hall realize that they won the Christmas Lottery. But their happiness turns in horror after to discover that the prize belongs to a serial number distributed by the town's brothel, causing the suspicion of the wives and fear of the husbands after a TV interview where Mari, brothel's owner, claims that the almost men of the town will have prize from the lottery. Wanting a way to charge the prize to save the town without having to suffer the anger of their respective women, Anselmo, Ricardo, César, Juandi and Paco plots a plan in order to steal the money from the brothel, meanwhile Mari tries reconcile her stranded life and restore the memory of her deceased father, a former mayor.
- Released
- 2 December 2016
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Language
- Spanish
- Industry
- Spanish Cinema
- Carmen MachiMari
- Leo HarlemAnselmo
- Carlos SantosRicardo
- Salva ReinaNino
- Jon PlazaolaCarlos
- Boré BuikaPadre Benjamín
- Director
- Nacho G. Velilla
- Director of Photography
- Isaac Vila
- Producer
- Mikel Lejarza, Nacho G. Velilla, Mercedes Gamero