The Luckiest Man in America

First Run

Film and Q&A Event with director Samir Oliveros in-person!

Based on a true story, The Luckiest Man In America is set in May 1984, when an unemployed ice cream truck driver from Ohio (Paul Walter Hauser) steps onto the game show Press Your Luck harboring a big secret: the key to endless amounts of money. His winning streak is threatened when the bewildered executives in the control room start to uncover his real motivations.

Samir Oliveros was born in Bogotá, Colombia. His first feature, Bad Lucky Goat, funded through kickstarter, premiered at SXSW in 2017 and went on to play over 70 festivals including BFI London and TIFF Next Wave.