Jul 26, 2002
65 min
Full-HD

A Bad Stroke of Luck (2002)

Four stories of normal Montevideans like you and me, but with one thing in common: bad luck. One figure, the master of the ceremony, ties stories together commenting on the failures of those four people, as he tries to make his fortune on a slot-machine.

Category

Comedy Drama

Country

Uruguay

Companies

Suertempila Producciones

Walter Speranza

The Narrator

Lydia Chipas

The Bar Owner

Roberto Suárez

The Devil

Mario Ferreira

Horacio Martínez

Graciela Escuder

Pharmacy Owner

Alex Borucki

Charlie

Federico Goñi

Cadet

Laila Reyes Silberberg

Graciela

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