Directed by:
Juan Carlos FresnadilloScreenplay:
Andrés M. KoppelCinematography:
Xavi GiménezComposer:
Lucio GodoyCast:
Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Mónica López, Antonio Dechent, Max von Sydow, Guillermo Toledo, Alber Ponte, Jesús Noguero, Chema de Miguel (more)Plots(1)
The film begins and ends in the Canary Islands, where ringleader Sam (Max von Sydow), a Holocaust survivor, runs a casino. His right-hand man Federico (Eusebio Poncela) is stripped of "the gift" in a terrifying exchange that Federico sees as worse than death: Sam hugs him and in doing so steals his luck away. Desperate for revenge, Federico latches onto Tomas (Leonard Sbaraglia), the miraculous sole survivor of an airplane crash. He convinces Tomas to test his luck in various games (one involves running full-speed, blindfolded, through a heavily wooded forest to see if he is "lucky" enough to avoid running into a tree.) By training Tomas to be a winner, Federico hopes to eventually have him challenge Sam. Thrown into the complicated mix are an untouchable bullfighter (Antonio Dechent), and an auto accident survivor (Monica Lopez) who want to break up this obsessive gambling ring. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Leonardo Sbaraglia
Argentina
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Eusebio Poncela
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Mónica López
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Antonio Dechent
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Max von Sydow
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Guillermo Toledo
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Alber Ponte
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Jesús Noguero
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Chema de Miguel
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Ramón Esquinas
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Fernando Albizu
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Pedro Beitia
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Marisa Lull
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