LUCKY is a South African feature length film about a ten-year-old South African orphan who leaves his Zulu village to make his own life in the city... only to find no one will help him, except a formidable Indian woman called Padma.
How could a recently orphaned, 10-year old homeless South African boy ever be called Lucky? Over the grave of his dead mother, Lucky makes a promise to make something of himself. Leaving the security of his remote Zulu village for the big city with the hope of going to school, he arrives on the doorstep of an uncle who has no use for him. Lucky falls in with an elderly Indian woman with a pathological fear of Africans, who takes him in as she would a stray dog. Together, unable to speak each other's language, they develop an unlikely bond. Through an odyssey marked by greed, violence, and ultimately, belonging, LUCKY shows how a child's spirit can bring out decency, humility and even love in adults struggling to survive in the new South Africa.
Dir. Avie Luthra
Written and Directed by Avie Luthra Produced by Christopher J. Wilmot
Producer - Lance Samuels Executive Producer & Producer - Christopher J. Wilmot
Opening in South Africa on July 20th and in the US & Canada in late 2012!
Cast Credited cast: Sihle Dlamini... Lucky Jayashree Basavaraj... Padma Vusi Kunene... Dumisani Mduduzi Mabaso... Bongile James Ngcobo... Jabulani Brenda Ngxoli... Lindiwe Jabu Tshabalala... Sindile Mary Twala... Dudu
Produced by Elliott Borkum.... associate producer Steve Brown.... co-producer Darren Cameron.... line producer Kathleen Goll.... co-producer Avie Luthra.... co-producer Lance Samuels.... producer Christopher Wilmot.... executive producer Christopher Wilmot.... producer
Cinematography by Willie Nel
Film Editing by Josh Levinsky
Casting by Moonyeenn Lee
Production Design by Chantal Carter
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Marc Biart.... first assistant director Cara Hickson.... second assistant director
Sound Department Michael Botha.... dialogue editor Charlotte Buys.... sound re-recording mixer Peter Cornell.... sound editor Arthur Kondouries.... sound mixer
Philip Miller.... composer: theme music
Cynthia Amsden.... publicist Sarah Golding.... script consultant
The Critics Love LUCKY!
BBC - "a simple but profoundly moving portrait of humanity"..."a wonderful, little gem"
Hollywood Reporter - "achieves poignancy without manipulation...an awards contender" says John DeFore
Variety - "....an emotionally resonant portrait of contemporary South Africa...delicate and real...extraordinarily touching" says John Anderson
Production Companies How Town Film Productions (co-production) Out of Africa Entertainment
Contact: Christopher J. Wilmot How Town Film Productions, LLC (USA) +1 585.690.7673 mobile +1 585-214-4594 office Producer@LuckytheMovie2011.com
WORLD PREMIERE - Toronto International Film Festival 2011 U.S. PREMIERE - Palm Springs International Film Festival 2012
Bengaluru International Film Festival - WINNER: Best Film
Abu Dhabi Film Festival - WINNER: Best Actress for Jayashree Basavaraj
London Asian Film Festival - WINNER: Best Crossover Film
Family and Children - Worldfest Houston - WINNER: Gold Remi Award
Cape Winelands Film Festival - WINNER: Special Mention Award
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IT Lucky, 10 anni, è un bambino zulu sudafricano da poco orfano della madre, il cui ultimo desiderio era che il figlio lasciasse il loro villaggio per andare a vivere con lo zio materno a Durban, nella grande città. Lucky vorrebbe studiare e realizzarsi, ma le sue aspirazioni sono vanificate dall'egoismo dello zio. Disperato, il bambino si rivolge a un'anziana donna indiana, Padma, diffidente verso i neri. Nonostante le tensioni tra indiani e neri in Sudafrica, tra i due nasce un legame profondo. Tuttavia, le intenzioni di Padma non sono del tutto sincere: adottare Lucky le serve per ottenere un contributo statale. Quando lo zio lo scopre, strappa Lucky alla scuola, ruba il denaro della sovvenzione e aggredisce Padma, che riesce a salvare Lucky e a riportarlo al villaggio, dove però il bambino non è più benaccetto. Lucky e Padma intraprendono allora un viaggio illuminato da una nuova speranza.
Sudafrica-UK/South Africa-UK, 2011, 100'
regia/director Avie Luthra
soggetto/story Avie Luthra
sceneggiatura/screenplay Avie Luthra Tanya Welz
fotografia/director of photography Willie Nel
montaggio/editor Josh Levinsky
scenografia/production designer Chantel Carter
costumi/costume designer Zureta Schulz
suono/sound Arthur Koundouris
musica/music Phillip Miller
interpreti/leading players Sihle Dlamini (Lucky) Jayashree Basavaraj (Padma) James Ngcobo (Jabulani) Vusi Kunene (Dumisani) Brenda Ngxoli (Lindiwe) Mary Twala Dudu)
prodotto da/produced by Lance Samuels Christopher J. Wilmot
produzione/production
Out of Africa Entertainment 30 Judith Road, Emmarentia, 2195 Guateng - South Africa phone +27 114863355 fax +27 116466832 www.outofafrica.info info@outofafrica.info distribuzione internazionale/world sales
festival contact How Town Film Productions, LLC phone +585 2144594 producer@luckythemovie2011.com
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