Un Dia de Suerte
(A Lucky Day)
Argentina, 2002, 94 minutes. Directed by Sandra Gugliotta
In the midst of a city shaken by social unrest, unemployment and political
turmoil, 25-year-old Elsa barely makes a living via odd jobs and petty
crimes. She hopes to find a decent job but the reality that surrounds
her is hostile and the future is bleak. There clearly seems to be no place
for her, or her friends, in Argentina. The desire for a better life and
the memory of a fleeting Italian boyfriend draw her to Rome and later
to Sicily to find him, in a trip that is the reverse of the journey that
her anarchist grandfather took decades earlier when he left Italy escaping
poverty. Un día de Suerte was shot in
Buenos Aires during the riots of 2000, and through Elsa's story, Gugliotta
effectively expresses, with candor and authenticity, the state of mind
of a generation and a country. Award winner at the Berlin International
Film Festival.
"Sandra Gugliotta is able to stimulate with her youthful fervor, and with a careful style which take us both, to the harshest realism as well as to well-meaning emotions an urban poetry" –- Adolfo C. Martínez, La Nación
"Un Día de Suerte overwhelms the audience because of its freshness and its urgency. The director was able to capture on film, life as we are experiencing it right now" – Marcelo Panozzo, El Amante
Caligari Film Award and Don Quixote Award - Special Mention at the Berlin International Film Festival 2002. Goya Awards 2003 and Argentinian Film Critics Association Awards nominee.