Lucky

A 90-year-old atheist has outlived and out-smoked his contemporaries, and as he accepts his own mortality, he searches for ever-elusive enlightenment. The film follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town. Having out lived and out smoked all of his contemporaries, the fiercely independent Lucky finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self exploration, leading towards that which is so often unattainable: enlightenment. Acclaimed character actor John Carroll Lynch's directorial debut "Lucky", is at once a love letter to the life and career of Harry Dean Stanton as well as a meditation on morality, loneliness, spirituality, and human connection.

Keywords

  • American Cinema
  • Cine-Short: 90 Minutes of cinema
  • Locarno Film Festival!
  • identity

Actors

  • Amy Claire
  • Harry Dean Stanton
  • Tom Skerritt
  • Barry Shabaka Henley
  • David Lynch
  • James Darren
  • Sarah Cook
  • Beth Grant
  • Ron Livingston
  • Ana Mercedes
  • Bertila Damas
  • Yvonne Huff
  • Hugo Armstrong
  • Ulysses Olmedo
  • Ed Begley Jr.

Director

  • John Carroll Lynch

Drama


1h 28min


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United States
2017
A 90-year-old atheist has outlived and out-smoked his contemporaries, and as he accepts his own mortality, he searches for ever-elusive enlightenment.

A 90-year-old atheist has outlived and out-smoked his contemporaries, and as he accepts his own mortality, he searches for ever-elusive enlightenment.


The film follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town. Having out lived and out smoked all of his contemporaries, the fiercely independent Lucky finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self exploration, leading towards that which is so often unattainable: enlightenment. Acclaimed character actor John Carroll Lynch's directorial debut "Lucky", is at once a love letter to the life and career of Harry Dean Stanton as well as a meditation on morality, loneliness, spirituality, and human connection.

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