Lottery

A pretty gripping indie film with some interesting twists and turns. Before we begin I feel it is my obligation to note that the director of the film has a distant personal connection to me, which may influence my perception and analysis of the movie. So I would encourage you to watch this film to draw your own conclusions too. If you require a summary as to what this film is about, the plot centers around a young troublemaker called Lee (Mitchell Fisher) striking it lucky and winning the Lottery for a glorious couple of hours until he is assaulted and has his ticket stolen from him. There is a love triangle at its core with him, a girl called Ruby he met at the local off licence (played by Niamh Branigan) and Lee's assaulter Will (Neizan Fernandez). In terms of my experience, I found this to be a particularly impressive film especially considering the budget involved. What makes it work is that the film largely let's it's pretty unique premise and it's ability to give space