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A Stroke of Luck
A Stroke of Luck

A Stroke of Luck

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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.

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Budget

$3500000

Revenue

$12304617

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

4.964/10

Release Date

02 December 2016

Country

Spain

Cast

Carmen Machi

Carmen Machi

Mari

Leo Harlem

Leo Harlem

Anselmo

Carlos Santos

Carlos Santos

Ricardo

Macarena García

Macarena García

Sole

Arturo Valls

Arturo Valls

César

Jon Plazaola

Jon Plazaola

Carlos

Salva Reina

Salva Reina

Nino

Boré Buika

Boré Buika

Padre Benjamín

Belén Cuesta

Belén Cuesta

Elisa

Jorge Asín

Jorge Asín

Paco

Carmen Ruiz

Carmen Ruiz

Milagros

Yolanda Ramos

Yolanda Ramos

Visi

Goizalde Núñez

Goizalde Núñez

Carmen

Antonio Pagudo

Antonio Pagudo

Juandi

Julieta Serrano

Julieta Serrano

Petra

Tito Valverde

Tito Valverde

Augusto

Miguel Rellán

Miguel Rellán

Aurelia

Alina Nastase

Alina Nastase

Simona

María Cruickshank

María Cruickshank

Jezabel

Corina Randazzo

Corina Randazzo

Merche

Javi Coll

Javi Coll

Ángel

Florin Opritescu

Florin Opritescu

Constantin

Sergio Burmann

Sergio Burmann

Revisor del tren

Toni Sevilla

Toni Sevilla

Benito

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