Quintessential Directors: Barry Jenkins
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
Pure Luck (1991)
The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl.
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The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl.
Rating:PG
Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris, Francis Veber
In Theaters:8/9/1991
Box Office:$24,941,969
Runtime:96 minutes
Studio:Universal Pictures, Sean Daniel Company, Silver Lion Films
Cast
Nadia Tass
Director
Martin Short
Eugene Proctor
Danny Glover
Raymond Campanella
Harry Shearer
Julius Monosoff
Sheila Kelley
Valerie Highsmith
Sam Wanamaker
Highsmith
Scott Wilson
Frank Grimes
Sharlene Martin
Nurse
Jorge Russek
Inspector Segura
Jorge Luke
Pilot
Ariane Pellicer
Girl at Club
Sergio Calderón
Night Club Bartender
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