| The (Un)lucky Sisters are two estranged half-sisters whose father just died. He may or may not have been a criminal and they may or may not have just inherited a luxurious apartment in Buenos Aires. He owned the apartment but it’s currently caught up in a lawsuit and won’t transfer to the estate right away if at all. This is a fun, fast drama/comedy caper as the girls navigate their relationship and dodge people who are most likely criminal co-conspirators of their father. | | 2024
Directed by: Fabiana Tiscornia
Screenplay by: Mariano Vera
Starring: Sofia Morandi, Leticia Siciliani
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Both sisters are poor, working crappy jobs. Angela (Leticia Siciliani) is the older, slightly more put-together one, with a boyfriend and a home and works at a kindergarten where her co-workers at least care about her. Jesi (Sofia Morandi) is the more chaotic one, working at a demoralizing fast food restaurant and living with a mother and brother who care more about money than her.
Jesi shows up the funeral hoping she received some sort of inheritance. Angela showed up at the funeral because she remembered her father as a good person and it’s the right thing to do. A secretary of their mysterious father shows them the apartment, but they are often reminded it’s not theirs. Regardless the sisters plan on staying and discover a mountain of cash. Jesi refers to their father as a criminal, Angela is offended, but then warns Jesi not to take any since it could land her in jail, because deep down Angela knows he’s likely a criminal and who knows where that money came from or who it belongs to.
What follows is a fun little romp around the wealthy corner of Buenos Aires as the sisters find shady mob guys on their tails and likely the police as well. This is a well produced movie with great cinematography including striking shots of the city at night. The setting is really enjoyable and even though it might be a cliché thing to say the city comes alive, it does. There’s a stark contrast between the life the girls live and the lifestyle they could have if they steal and/or inherit their father’s possessions. One difference is the paranoia that comes when you’re running around rich streets with a criminal amount of cash in a suitcase.
The short run-time is a necessity here. There’s a straight-forward plot, albeit a fun one, but no themes. The movie never thinks about death or grief or class differences. The sisters’ relationship is examined in a very straight-forward simplistic manner. Which means this is a very easy watch. So enjoy your time with (Un)lucky Sisters and don’t worry about things every getting deep or complicated. The movie navigates its plot well, crime capers can often get unnecessarily convoluted, but here they have simplified everything in the exact right way.
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