The Lucky Star ( La Buena estrella ) ( En el corazón del otro )

The Lucky Star (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La Buena estrella
Alternate Title: En el corazón del otro
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Butaca Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Goya Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Surround )
Spanish ( Dolby Surround )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Ricardo Franco

Written By:
Ricardo Franco
Álvaro del Amo
Pedro Costa

Actors:
Antonio Resines ..... Rafael
Maribel Verdú ..... Marina
Jordi Mollà ..... Daniel
Elvira Mínguez ..... Ana Mari
Ramón Barea ..... Paco
Clara Sanchís ..... Elena
Andrea Ramírez ..... Estrella (3 years old)
Lola Franco ..... Estrella (9 years old)
Sonia Cuellar ..... Marinita
José Domínguez ..... Ramón
Ramiro Alonso ..... Martín
Paco Marsó ..... Taxi Driver
Cristina Collado ..... Mari Carmen
Cristina Camisón ..... Nurse
José Urdiain ..... David

Synopsis:

Based on a true story, much of this somber drama centers on Rafael, a kindly but emotionally-distant butcher who has avoided people after accidentally castrating himself while cutting meat several years before. He has since considered himself unmanned and therefore undesirable to women. One day he sees a young man beating up his lover and can't help but intervene. Taking pity on the girl, he takes her to his home. Her name is Marina and she tells Rafael how she and her boyfriend Daniel grew up in a terrible environment without parental guidance. She also tells him that she is pregnant. Rafael treats the troubled girl with kindness and she responds by proving that there is more than one way to be a man and to experience love. In this way, the two find healing and happiness raising Marina's daughter. Years later, their happiness is nearly destroyed by the sudden return of the ultra macho Daniel. Caring nothing for Marina, nor his child, he only wants a place to live. Though he knows that Marina has strong, unresolved feelings for Daniel, Rafael does not want to lose her and so allows Daniel to stay. With only lifetimes of strife in common, the three lonely, disaffected adults thus form an uneasy family which must cope with painful issues and choices.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 26 June, 2006.

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