Released in the US just days after Stanton’s death, aged 91, Lucky is at once a love letter to the actor and a meditation on mortality, loneliness, spirituality and human connection. Stanton plays the titular character, a cantankerous, self-reliant 90-year-old atheist. Set in a small rural California town and featuring an ensemble cast of eccentric characters, Lucky is a warm, witty and understated feature debut by Carroll Lynch, an actor who has had his own fair share of eccentric, offbeat and subtly crafted characters. Screen: NFT1.
