Lotto Land

1995 filmdirected by John Rubino
  • Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
CinematographyRufus StandeferEdited byJack HaigisMusic byThe Holmes BrothersDistributed byCinepix Film Properties
Release date
  • June 1995 (1995-06) (Avignon Film Festival)
Running time
87 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Lotto Land is a 1995 American drama film starring Lawrence Gilliard Jr. and Wendell Holmes.[1][2]

Plot

The picture combines the storylines of two single-parent households in a poor, racially-diverse part of Brooklyn. One story concerns a young black man, who would like to remove himself from his drug-using friends. The young man falls in love with a Latina girl, who is intending to go to university on a full scholarship. The second story entwines the lives of those characters' parents: the mother of one character works in the local liquor store; the father of the other works for the telephone company. The narrative unfolds as a winning lottery ticket worth twenty-seven million dollars is sold to a local customer at the liquor store.

Cast

  • Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Hank
  • Wendell Holmes as Milt
  • Barbara Gonzalez as Joy
  • Suzanne Costallos as Florence
  • Jaime Tirelli as Popi
  • Paul Calderón as Reinaldo
  • Luis Guzmán as Ricki
  • Terrence Howard as Warren
  • John Ortiz as Coco
  • Daphne Rubin-Vega as Gloria

References

  1. ^ Holden, Stephen (19 April 1996). "FILM REVIEW;A Brooklyn Enclave Feverish With Love and the Lottery". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. ^ Hartl, John (26 September 1995). "'Lotto Land' Reflects The New American Dream". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

External links

  • Lotto Land at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Lotto Land at Rotten Tomatoes


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