Lottery
Seen it?2018 | 114 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- If you count yourself among fans of a good revenge story and anyone with a complicated family (so, everyone), this one's for you. A revenge story, so expect the pressure to build to a reckoning. A good follow-up to A Most Violent Year or Traffic. Family ties get tested in ways that ring true.
- The mood
- Tense, warm and romantic.
- The pace
- Lets scenes breathe, at 1 hr 54 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Skip it if you need something light and fast tonight.
Two Iranian teenagers in love want to get married, travel to the US to get a green card and live there, but their parents object. With not enough money saved, they pin their hopes on winning the state lottery to fund their trip, but tragedy derails their plans.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsBelow par
3 wins and 6 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$10K worldwide on a $10K budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 1K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian
- Saed SoheiliAmir Ali
- Hadi HejazifarMoosa
- Hamid FarrokhnejadMorteza
- Nader Soleimani
- Alireza OstadiNooshin's Father
- Javad EzzatiNima
- Mahdi ZaminpardazSami
- Mahsa BagheriNasrin
- Ziba KaramaliNooshin
- Amir Hossein Hashemi