LUCKY STAR
Year
2024
Runtime
85 mins
Language
English
Alberta Premiere
When reformed gambler Lucky (Terry Chen, FALLING, CIFF2020) falls victim to a tax scam, he returns to playing poker to make the money back. Meanwhile, his family tries to make ends meet by resorting to their own morally dubious strategies. LUCKY STAR is a family drama about fatherly love, deceit, and redemption, and a slice of life of the Chinese-prairie diaspora.
Calgary writer/director Gillian McKercher’s first feature film, CIRCLE OF STEEL, won an Audience Award at CIFF 2018. We’re excited to be showcasing their sophomore feature LUCKY STAR, which was developed while a resident at the Canadian Film Centre.
Countries
Canada- Festivals
- Vancouver International Film Festival
- Director
- Gillian McKercher
- Executive Producer
- Terry Chen , Olivia Cheng , Sidney Chiu
- Producer
- Guillaume Carlier, Amanda Verhagen, Matt Drake, Nicola Waugh
- Screenwriter
- Gillian McKercher
- Cinematographer
- Charles Hamilton
- Editor
- Xi Feng
- Music
- Meredith Bates , Rebecca Bruton
- Cast
- Terry Chen, Olivia Cheng, Conni Miu, Andrew Phung