As Luck Would Have It
2011 · Movie · 98 min · ★ 6.0 · 35% critics
An out-of-work ad man revisits a place tied to happier memories and suffers a freak accident that leaves him unable to move. Trapped in public view, he becomes the center of a media storm that turns personal crisis into darkly absurd spectacle.
Also known as The Spark of Life
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Details
- Original title
- La chispa de la vida
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-11-30
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Critic score
- 35/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (85 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy dark comedies that mix misfortune, media satire, and uneasy laughs, somewhat in the vein of Dying of Laughter or Dead in a Week (or Your Money Back); Not for you if cringe-heavy, bleak setups put you off.
Pros: darkly comic premise; tense media circus; bittersweet edge | Cons: bleak situation; uncomfortable humor; limited movement
Themes
- publicity
- dark comedy
- social satire
- cartagena, spain
Cast & crew
Salma Hayek Pinault
as Luisa
Santiago Segura
as David Solar
Carolina Bang
as Pilar Álvarez
Blanca Portillo
as Mercedes
José Mota
as Roberto Gómez
Nacho Vigalondo
as Martín
Javier Botet
as Vagabundo
- CC
Concha García Campoy
as Herself
Nerea Camacho
as Bárbara
Fernando Tejero
as Johnnie
Directed by Álex de la Iglesia