As Luck Would Have It

As Luck Would Have It

2011 · 98 min · ES · 5.9 (66 votes)
Dir. Álex de la Iglesia · Starring Salma Hayek Pinault, Santiago Segura, Carolina Bang, Blanca Portillo, José Mota, Nacho Vigalondo
DramaComedy

Roberto is an unemployed publicist who achieved success when he thought of a famous slogan: "Coca-Cola, the spark of life." Now he is a desperate man, trying to remember the happy days, back to the hotel where he spent the honeymoon with his wife. However, instead of the hotel, he finds a museum built around the Roman theater in the city. While walking through the ruins, he has an accident, an iron rod sticks into his head and leaves him completely paralyzed. If he tries to move he would die. Roberto becomes the focus of the media, which will change his life ...

VIBE

A man's life unravels in a darkly comic spiral. This film offers a bleakly funny, absurd look at fame, memory, and the crushing weight of existence. It's a thought-provoking, unsettling experience.

darkly comicabsurdisttragicomicbleakslow-burnsocial satiredark comedyarthouseexistential dreadmedia manipulationfutilitymemory
publicitydark comedysocial satirecartagenaspain
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