Lucky Lu
A NYC delivery rider’s world is turned upside down when he loses his only source of income. With his family on their way from Asia, Lu is forced to navigate the unforgiving city and fight to protect the fragile life he’s spent years building.
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Monday, May 11, 2026
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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Perpetually swimming against the current of emotional and financial debt within a system designed to keep him drowning, ironically named "Lucky," Lu (Chang Chen) is a Chinese immigrant and New York City bicycle deliveryman awaiting the long-anticipated arrival of his wife and daughter.
Poignant, and relatable to so many, Lu's situation is much more than one singular day falling apart. For him, life is perpetually tearing at the seams, and he can't ever stop rushing to hold it together. He can't eat, can't sleep, can barely breathe other than to sigh, relying on cigarettes and determination as fuel. Every minute is crucially spent navigating cluttered streets for the next dollar, or the next self-sacrificing hustle, in the hopes of securing stability and proving to his family that he deserves them. It is his all-consuming burden, his Sisyphean task.
There is a saying: "Every man for himself, and God against all." It can certainly feel like that, when the apathetic hand of fate keeps knocking down everything around you like dominoes, testing your breaking point. In Lu's case, his stubbornness is interchangeably to his detriment and his saving grace.
Director Lloyd Lee Choi keeps a scrambled pace throughout as we weave alongside Lu, using sounds and setting to illustrate just as much as the dialogue, putting faces and stories to the easily discarded within our era of late-stage capitalism. The moments finally savored are essential, and purposeful, keeping the viewer vicariously entrenched in the same hunger.
—Marion Bailey
- Director: Lloyd Lee Choi
- Principal Cast: Chang Chen, Fala Chen, Carabelle Manna Wei
- Country: USA, Canada
- Year: 2025
- Running Time: 103 min.
- Producer: Destin Daniel Cretton, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Asher Goldstein
- Screenplay: Lloyd Lee Choi
- Cinematographers: Norm Li
- Editors: Brendan Mills
- Music: Maxwell Gosling
- Awards: Golden Horse Awards 2025 (Best Lead Actor, Best New Director, Best Original Film Score)
- Filmography: Debut Feature Film
- Language: Chinese, English
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- International Sales: Global Constellation / Festival Agency