The Lucky Ones (2003)

Synopsis: A terrible, violent event has occurred. A troubled TV tabloid journalist seems to be at the center of it. What exactly happened and how someone’s life could intersect with such an event … is the... A terrible, violent event has occurred. A troubled TV tabloid journalist seems to be at the center of it. What exactly happened and how someone’s life could intersect with such an event … is the story of THE LUCKY ONES. Lorenzo is a live reporter for FAME-TV, a schlocky cable channel that is barely one step higher on the food chain than public access. He is a young man who thinks he has an all-access pass to la dolce vita in contemporary New York City, and he has been banking on it for years. His world revolves around C-level celebrity-stalking, decadent parties, casual sex and quick-fix spiritualism. He embodies a uniquely modern combination of brown rice and cocaine. His conflicting feelings and self-loathing manifest in his feeble attempt to raise the bar on his work by investigating the nature of luck, chance and destiny. But after one of his earlier tabloid stories takes a dark and particularly sleazy turn, the duality of his existence intensifies and he is drawn inexorably toward a greater understanding and ultimately the redemption of his life. His research leads him to a bizarre mystical ritual that unlocks both his strengths and demons as his double life unravels in ways that he could never have imagined. THE LUCKY ONES is a rumination on the conflicting values of a society and on the people who embody all of our dreams … the lucky ones. -- © Emerging Pictures [More]