Two Lottery Tickets (2016)

Three men from a provincial town are in urgent need of money and decide to buy a lottery ticket. They win the lottery, but soon after their ticket gets stolen.

Director:

Paul Negoescu

Writers:

Ion Luca Caragiale (short story), Paul Negoescu

Stars:

Dorian Boguta, Dragos Bucur, Alexandru Papadopol

4 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Dorian Boguta	...	Dinel Petre
Dragos Bucur	...	Vasile Gramada aka Sile
Alexandru Papadopol	...	Pompiliu Bors
Andi Vasluianu	...	Costel Dorohoi
Serban Pavlu	...	Iubitul gelos
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mircea Banu	...	Agent Guspenec
Elisa Calin	...	Prostitute
Nora Cupcencu	...	Gina Petre
Ioana Florentina Dimitriu	...	Mihaela Dorohoi (as Ina Dimitriu)
Elias Ferkin	...	Prezentator loto
Ligia Matei
Codin Maticiuc
Alexandru-Victor Nemteanu	...	Junkie
Dragos Niamtu	...	Strutanu
Irina Noaptes	...	Hitchhiker / Codruta

Storyline

Three men from a provincial town are in urgent need of money and decide to buy a lottery ticket. They win the lottery, but soon after their ticket gets stolen. The three desperate men go on a journey to find their lost lottery ticket and experience all kinds of adventures...

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Plot Keywords:

cell phone | eastern europe | lottery | lottery ticket | lost lottery ticket | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Inspired by Ion Luca Caragiale's short story "Doua loturi" (1905).

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Connections

References Stuff and Dough (2001)

User Reviews

One of very few REAL Romanian films

If you're not Romanian and have seen any film from there at all, it's most likely a festival prize winner by a neo-realist director like Mungiu or Netzer. If you meet a Romanian and ask them what they thought about those, you will quite likely have heard that these films are not really that great, because they do not represent how people live.

There is a scene just like that in this short and mildly black comedy, in which Dragos Bucur explains this to a hitch hiker, giving the plot of "Stuff and Dough" as an example, and how boring it was. The very Romanian irony is that Dragos Bucur was the star of "Stuff and Dough", it was his breakout film, so it's just plain hilarious to hear him trash-talk about it.

There are lots of similar jokes in this little gem produced at a budget of just about €5000. If you're Romanian, you'll constantly snicker because you'll invariably know characters who act like those in the movie. If you're a Westerner, you get a chance to see what we are really like, even if you won't get much of the humor.

This is the perfect film to watch for Eastern - Western couples if you've always found yourself unable to explain just what the difference between us is. It's light, it's fun and unlike most films these days not too long.

And although it says so in the content description, this is not based on some British comedy, but (loosely) on a 19th century play.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

Romania

Language:

Romanian

Release Date:

7 October 2016 (Romania)

Also Known As:

2 biglietti della lotteria

Filming Locations:

Romania

Box Office

Budget:

EUR40,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$593,418

Company Credits

Production Co:

ActorieDeFilm, Kirkland, Papillon Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1