Even though money doesn’t buy happiness, strangely enough, everyone dreams of striking it rich. Of course, one could rely on their innate talent and a lifetime of hard work to achieve this. But that’s unlikely to provide the subject of a comedy. More generally, nothing that is fair, logical, well-motivated, or takes time lends itself to comedy. Comedy arises from immorality, absurdity, accidents, and suddenness.
Winning the lottery is one of the few opportunities for anyone to radically change their life, social status, or even identity in an instant, without doing anything to deserve it. This sudden and undeserved upheaval, akin to a secular miracle, can spark all sorts of conflicts in our relationships with loved ones, family, or partners. Such a dramatic and unexpected transformation makes for an excellent premise for comedy.
John and Christine have invited two of their friends for dinner at their home in London. Natalie arrives without her husband, distraught, having just heard that the plane bringing him home crashed at sea. Together with the potential widow, they wait with bated breath for news confirming whether her husband is among the survivors... and learn that they are the winners of that evening's super jackpot lottery draw. From that moment, the operative phrase becomes “controlling emotions”. And that is just the beginning of an eventful evening, filled with twists, turns, and shocking revelations.
Following a hearse accident, the arrival in a typical French café of a coffin, which turns out to contain a winning lottery ticket, provides the pretext for a highly spirited comedy.
Fred and Clara are getting married in just a few hours, but Max and Zoe—on the brink of divorce—are about to turn this joyous occasion into an all-out brawl. When tying the knot, it's best to choose your witnesses wisely…