Since its founding in 1969 by the French Directors’ Guild, the Directors’ Fortnight has served as a vital and boldly independent counter program to the Cannes Film Festival. Following a successful launch in 2024, Directors’ Fortnight Extended returns to Los Angeles with a curated selection of the 2025 program at the Directors Guild of America.
Multi-film Fortnight Extended passes can be purchased here.
About the film:
Lucky Lu follows a New York City delivery rider, played by legendary Taiwanese actor Chang Chen, whose world is turned upside down when he loses his only source of income. With his long-estranged family finally on their way from Asia, Lu is forced to navigate the unforgiving city and fight to protect the fragile life he’s spent all these years building.
TRT: 103 min
In person: Lloyd Lee Choi
Directors' Fortnight Extended: Los Angeles is presented by the Quinzaine des cinéastes, Acropolis Cinema,Villa Albertine, MUBI, European Languages and Movies in America (ELMA), and the Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities.
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"Anchored by a magnificently empathetic turn from Chang Chen, Lucky Lu is a gripping, moving portrait of an immigrant gig-worker. There is no showboating here, just a profound investment in the humanity of a character." —Jessica Kiang, Variety
"Subtle dramatic beats give Lucky Lu its power, in a pared-down narrative that’s less of a realistic thriller than an intimate two-way drama where the hero starts to see life from another angle. A pointed study of both a character and a place." —Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
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