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Release Date:

January 10, 2014

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “A boy who is believed to bring bad luck to everyone around him leads his family and two new friends through Laos to find a new home. After a calamity-filled journey through a land scarred by the legacy of war, to prove he’s not bad luck he builds a giant rocket to enter the most exciting and dangerous competition of the year: the Rocket Festival.”

Poster: C

Review: Our protagonist is excited, but why or when or how isn’t really explained and when you’re trying to be about something, having your poster about little to nothing doesn’t help.

Trailer: C-

Review: Twins are born, one is good and the other cursed. The film moves ahead and all we see is the cursed boy and the ramifications of his curse. I don’t want to suggest that the film looks dull, but the trailer doesn’t avoid that implication.

Oscar Prospects:

The film was submitted for consideration for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for 2013. It did not make the final shortlist.

Revisions:

(January 5, 2014) Original