A Stroke of Luck

Amusing , bawdy but average comedy with hilarious incidents , entertainment , mayhem and fun. It deals with a little town called Villaviciosa de Al Lado where takes place a big mess when at the brothel run by Carmen Machi happens a winning lottery ticket . Villaviciosa is a town almost ruined when its known Spa goes wrong , as City Hall's debts threaten to close it . Then a lot of problems in progress. Their salvation comes when the priest , the Mayor Anselmo : Leo Harlem, and other villagers : Carlos Santos , Arturo Valls, realise they won the Christmas lottery. However , a surprising letdown ensues when they discover the winner ticket belongs to a serial number sold in the brothel and here is going to happen something very mess.

This movie is fun to see , because of the bewildering and funny situations that protagonists suffer provoke a lot of laughs and amusement.This is a bemusing picture that packs comical sketches , tongue-in-cheek , grotesque incidents , but above all, it especially contains humor and Irony, at the same time giving a sour criticism about hipocrisy , corruption and the extreme gossiping . The plot is plain , simple and silly , as a group of rogue inhabitants want to claim the winner prize and save the ruined town without suffering the angry and wrath their respective wives and they hatch a plot , to rob the prized money from the brothel .Sitting in a rare middle ground between the stylishly enjoyable and the gross bawdness. As the flick has profanities, bad taste , sex language , and lousy , lascivious scenes .Being a choral film , in Luis García Berlanga style , here shows up a great number of fine Spanish actors , in which standing out Carmen Machi as the good woman who attempts to reconcile her troublesome life as well as restore the memory of he deceased daddy. She is well accompanied by a nice plethora of players as Carlos Santos ,Macarena García , Belen Cuesta , Carmen Ruiz , Arturo Valls and the veteran Julieta Serrano . And brief appearance from Miguel Rellan and Fernando Valverde .

The motion picture was professional but regularly directed by Nacho G Velilla. He is a fine craftsman , expert on comedies and Sitcom , a notorious producer , filmmaker and writer, known for his TV series as 7 Vidas , Aida , Gominolas , and he has directed some movies , many of them starred by his fetish actor Javier Camara , such as Fuera de carta , To hell with the ugly , No manches a Frída , and his two biggest boxoffice hits : Perdiendo el norte and Villaviciosa de al lado.