Lucky Break

Lucky Break is an unpredictable romantic comedy about Sophie, who writes erotic stories but is unable to live them out herself, as she suffers from polio.

One day at the library the jeweller Eddie overhears Sophie reading aloud from the story she is writing. He is immediately fascinated by her and offers her a cup of coffee, but Sophie declines. Sophie believes that if Eddie finds out that she walks on crutches, she won't stand a chance. So it is very convenient when Sophie breaks her leg and thus has an excuse for using crutches. Even though Eddie is engaged to the elegant blonde Gloria, Sophie and Eddie go away together for a weekend on a tropical island. The trip, however, does not go quite as planned!

Sophie's life is further complicated when Gloria finds out that Sophie did not break her leg in a skiing accident. Sophie realises that she will soon have to tell Eddie the truth herself if Gloria is not to beat her to it. Besides, she cannot keep the plaster cast on for ever. On top of that, it turns out that Eddie is not entirely above board. The policeman Yuri is to investigate Eddie's connection to some stolen jewellery. Sophie is therefore also questioned by Yuri, who falls in love with her because she reminds him of the tragic heroines of Tolstoy and Gogol. For Yuri knows Sophie's secret. It is not morality that triumphs in "Lucky Break". It is rather the dreams.

The film is delightfully refreshing in its un-American unpredictability, but like Eddie, I would have liked a dream guy of a somewhat different calibre.