Two Lottery Tickets

Two Lottery Tickets (Romanian: Două lozuri) is a 2016 Romanian comedy film directed by Paul Negoescu[1] and loosely based on Waking Ned. It is a story of a working man losing his lottery ticket that was for a huge prize goes through bizarre events and takes another ticket and wins it. The name of the film is based on Ion Luca Caragiale's short story Două loturi.

Two Lottery Tickets
Două lozuri
Directed byPaul Negoescu
Produced byDragoș Bucur
Screenplay byPaul Negoescu
Based onDouă loturi by Ion Luca Caragiale
StarringDragoș Bucur
Dorian Boguță
Alexandru Papadopol
Music byFlora Pop
Edited byAlexandru Radu
Distributed byRoImage 2000
Release date
7 October 2016
Running time
86 minutes
CountryRomania
LanguageRomanian
Budget€50,000

Plot

Dinel is an auto-mechanic who is struggling and has marital problems. Sile is a carpenter and a gambler, habitually betting anything. Pompiliu is a government employee and a conspiracy theorist. The trio are friends and hearing Dinel's troubles they decide to try their luck at the lottery. They win the lottery, but Dinel, who kept the ticket, realizes he lost it when he was robbed by two thugs in front of his apartment. Pompiliu claims this is the Secret Service's doing, saying they give high price tickets to people as a retirement option that is without taxes. Sile doesn't believe it and urges Dinel to report the loss to the police. After having his palm read, Dinel comes to believe his wife is in a dire situation and requires his help—and for that he needs the money. Together, they start searching for the stolen golden ticket.

Cast

Reception

The Hollywood Reporter said of the film, "Though Two Lottery Tickets’ budget must have been modest, there is no sense that compromises had to be made to tell the story currently onscreen. The standout technical credit, beyond the cinematography, is the guitar-driven score, which at times infuses the film with something of a country vibe."[2]

References
  1. Kopian, Steve. "Two Lottery Tickets (2016) Making Waves 2016". Unseen Films. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  2. van Hoeij, Boyd. "'Two Lottery Tickets' ('Doua lozuri): Transylvania Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 September 2020.


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