Poland’s 'Lucky Day' Plays Dystopian Lottery
Polish director and writer Alek Wasilewski depicts a dystopian future in the animated short film Lucky Day Forever, where the glorification of celebrity has been taken to society-destroying extremes.
Prole 514 dreams about winning the Great Lottery. The lottery winner is transformed and allowed admission into the elite White society, where everyone is beautiful, young and happy and people spend their carefree lives solely on fun and partying. One day, 514's wish comes true...but was this what he really wanted?
Lucky Day Forever is an intensely sinister and dark watch, tempered with some gorgeous animation and music: