1997 · drama
Lucky Star
Directed by Ricardo Franco1h 35m1997
Rafael, a lonely 40-something butcher, saves a pregnant Marina from an assault by her boyfriend Daniel. Rafael agrees to take Marina in and they happily raise the child together. Years later, Daniel re-enters their lives and turns them upside down.
Our read: Lucky Star (1997) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
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How Lucky Star feels to watch.
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“You want a Spanish drama about unexpected family and re-entering past.”
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