Wishing on a Star

Wishing on a Star

A simple, but effective way, to change your destiny by travelling on the day of your birthday.

2024 · 99 min · ★ 7.5 · Documentary, Comedy

A comedy documentary about the search for happiness. The Italian astrologist Lucciana can alter the destinies of people. On their birthdays they have to travel to whatever location on Earth has the ideal constellation of planets over it. They will be reborn on that day and so be able to change their nature. On the one hand, the film follows the everyday (and unchanging) life of the fortune-teller who changes the lives of people while, on the other hand, it follows five protagonists who set out to various places in the world in order to change their lives.

Directed by Peter Kerekeš · Written by Erica Barbiani

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