A Lucky Day

A Lucky Day
(Un día de suerte)
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySandra Gugliotta
Written bySandra Gugliotta
Marcelo Schapces
Produced byMarcelo Schapces (executive producer)
Sandra Gugliotta
Fernando Merinero
StarringValentina Bassi
CinematographyJosé Guerra
Alberto Ianuzzi
Cobi Migliora
Edited byAlejo Flah
Music byDiego Frenkel
Sebastián Schachtel
Distributed byCinema Tropical
Release dates
  • February 22, 2002 (2002-02-22) (Germany)
  • April 25, 2002 (2002-04-25) (Argentina)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesArgentina
Italy
LanguagesSpanish
Italian

A Lucky Day (Spanish: Un día de suerte) is a 2002 Argentine-Italian drama film directed by Sandra Gugliotta, in her feature film debut, and written by Gugliotta and Marcelo Schapces. In Argentina it's also known as Lo que buscas es amor. The executive producer was Marcelo Schapces, and it was produced by Sandra Gugliotta and Fernando Merinero. It stars Valentina Bassi as Elsa.

The theme of this docudrama is the economic turmoil and unemployment among the young population during the Argentine economic crisis (1999-2002). The film won two awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, winning also the Caligari Film Award and the Don Quixote Award.