At the 52nd FEST, which was held from February 23 to March 3, 2024, viewers could watch some of the projections in Hall 1 of the Sava Center in Belgrade. Woody Allen's film "Strike of Luck" was also projected there.
Fanny and Jean seem like an ideal married couple. Both are professionally accomplished, live in a beautiful apartment in an exclusive neighborhood of Paris and seem to be as much in love as they were on the first day of their relationship. But when Fanny accidentally runs into Alan, a former high school classmate, now a writer, he sweeps her off her feet. Fan and Alan are getting close again…
Scenario: Woody Allen
Photography: Victor Storaro
Assembly: Alisa Lepselter
Producers: Erika Aronson, Letty Aronson
Production: Gravier Productions, Dippermouth, Perdido Productions, Petite Fleur Productions
Distributor: MCF MegaCom Film
WOODY ALLEN / Woody Allen
Woody Allen is one of the most famous and respected film authors. His rich career as a screenwriter, director, actor and producer spans more than 60 years and is still flourishing. Before he wrote the screenplay for the Broadway hit in 1966 Don't Drink the Water, he wrote texts for comedians' performances and worked as an entertainer in nightclubs. His early works like films Bananas (1971) and Sleeper (1973) were a combination of intellectual comedy and gag. In later romantic comedies like the film Annie Hall (1977), with which he won two Oscars, and the film Manhattan (1979), depicted the bittersweet life in New York. His numerous successful films include: Hana and her sisters (1986) Crimes and offenses (1989) Shootings on Broadway (1994) The final blow (2005) and Love in Barcelona (2008)
Filmography:
2023 Stroke of Luck
2020 Rifkin Festival
2019 Rainy Day in New York
2017 Wonderful panorama
2016 High Society
2015 The Unreasonable Man
2014 Magic in the Moonlight
2013 Unhappy Jasmine
2012 To Rome with Love
2011 Midnight in Paris
2010 You will meet a black, tall stranger
2008 Love in Barcelona
2005 The Final Blow
1999 Sweet and Lowdown
1996 Everyone says I love you
1994 Shots on Broadway
1992 Husbands and Wives
1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors
1986 Hana and her sisters
1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo
1984 Broadway Danny Rose
1979 Manhattan
1978 Interiors
1977 Annie Hall
1973 Sleeper
1972 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex
1969 Take the money and run
1966 What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Festivals:
2023 – Venice, Tallinn, Athens
Criticisms:
"It has more spirit and joie de vivre than anything Woody Allen has done in recent memory."
-Jonathan Romney, Screendale
"A stroke of luck is funny and sad, energetic and easygoing."
-Xan Brooks, The Guardian
"It's not a comedy, but while you're watching it you can almost see Woody Allen standing on the sidelines giggling at the human stupidity he's showing you."
-Owen Gleiberman, Verayeti
