As Luck Would Have It (2011)

Original title

La chispa de la vida

Directed by

Álex de la Iglesia

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Spain, United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

U

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 86 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An unemployed advertising executive has a life-threatening accident. He decides to exploit the situation by hiring an agent and creating a media frenzy around his struggle to survive.

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What happens

As Luck Would Have It (Spanish: La chispa de la vida) is a 2011 Spanish drama film directed by Álex de la Iglesia. It stars José Sánchez Mota and Salma Hayek. Mota plays an unemployed advertising executive who has a potentially life-threatening accident. Deciding to make the most of his predicament, he hires an agent and encourages a media frenzy as he struggles to survive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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