Synopsis
Roberto is an unemployed publicist who achieved success when he thought of a famous slogan: "Coca-Cola, the spark of life." Now he is a desperate man, trying to remember the happy days, back to the hotel where he spent the honeymoon with his wife. However, instead of the hotel, he finds a museum built around the Roman theater in the city. While walking through the ruins, he has an accident, an iron rod sticks into his head and leaves him completely paralyzed. If he tries to move he would die. Roberto becomes the focus of the media, which will change his life ...
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Cast
- Salma Hayek PinaultLuisa
- Santiago SeguraDavid Solar
- Carolina BangPilar Álvarez
- Blanca PortilloMercedes
- José MotaRoberto Gómez
- Nacho VigalondoMartín
- Javier BotetVagabundo
- Concha García CampoyHerself
- Nerea CamachoBárbara
- Fernando TejeroJohnnie
Recommendations
- 60
Variety
Though it slickly offers up drama, black comedy and enjoyable performances in due measure, the picture never develops much bite, though it does bare its fangs. - 40
Village Voice
Iglesia's slick and frisky direction stirs up some hearty stock-character performances, stoking and stretching out the tension, but it all still feels like black comedy by the numbers. - 38
Slant Magazine
Álex de la Iglesia's film hammers home the opinion that family is more important than celebrity or wealth. - 20
The New York Times
A toothless examination of marketing and morality, Álex de la Iglesia’s As Luck Would Have It combines lecture, farce and soapy sentiment in a single misshapen package.
