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Lotto Land (1995)

Lotto Land (1995)

Drama

Some nights you get lucky.

Release Date: 1995, June 1
Directors: John Rubino
Countries: United States of America
Production: Cinépix Film Properties
Cast: Luis Guzmán, Paul Calderon, Terrence Howard, John Ortiz, Gloria Irizarry, Jamie Tirelli, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Daphne Rubin-Vega, Wendell Holmes, Eden Marryshow, Barbara Gonzalez, Suzanne Costollos

Overview:

This film tells two interwoven stories of two single-parent families in a poor, racially-mixed neighborhood in Brooklyn. The first story is about a young black man (with aspirations of getting away from his friends who are involved in drugs) who falls in love with a latino girl (who is heading off to college on a full scholarship). The second is about their parents, (she works in the neighborhood liquor store; he works for the phone company). The story takes place against the backdrop of a winning lottery ticket worth $27 million being sold to someone in the neighborhood from the liquor store.