

A Stroke of Luck
Genres
Overview
Villaviciosa de al Lado is a peaceful town stuck in time, living exclusively of the fame of a 200 years-old spa. Therefore, city hall's debts threatens to close the spa and ruin all town. Their salvation becomes when suddenly mayor Anselmo and the rest of members of city hall realize that they won the Christmas Lottery. But their happiness turns in horror after to discover that the prize belongs to a serial number distributed by the town's brothel, causing the suspicion of the wives and fear of the husbands after a TV interview where Mari, brothel's owner, claims that the almost men of the town will have prize from the lottery. Wanting a way to charge the prize to save the town without having to suffer the anger of their respective women, Anselmo, Ricardo, César, Juandi and Paco plots a plan in order to steal the money from the brothel, meanwhile Mari tries reconcile her stranded life and restore the memory of her deceased father, a former mayor.
Details
Budget
$3500000
Revenue
$12304617
Runtime
90 min
Release Date
2016-12-02
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Vote Count
196
Vote Average
4.964
Carmen Machi
Mari
Leo Harlem
Anselmo
Carlos Santos
Ricardo
Macarena García
Sole
Arturo Valls
César
Jon Plazaola
Carlos
Salva Reina
Nino
Boré Buika
Padre Benjamín
Belén Cuesta
Elisa
Jorge Asín
Paco
Carmen Ruiz
Milagros
Yolanda Ramos
Visi
Goizalde Núñez
Carmen
Antonio Pagudo
Juandi
Julieta Serrano
Petra
Tito Valverde
Augusto
Miguel Rellán
Aurelia
Alina Nastase
Simona
María Cruickshank
Jezabel
Corina Randazzo
Merche
Javi Coll
Ángel
Florin Opritescu
Constantin
Sergio Burmann
Revisor del tren
Toni Sevilla
Benito
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