Lucky Strike

by  Alianak, Hrant

Published: 1978

Acts: 1

Language:

Category: Drama

Acts: 1
Male Roles: 2
Female Roles: 1
Flexible Roles: 0
Has Chorus/Extras: No

Synopsis

A man rushes into a deserted warehouse in North Africa, pursued by cops. He has a gun, a briefcase and a gut wound. He waits, tense, gun ready. The cop sirens disappear. He looks around, he slowly walks forward, trips over a low stack of bales, falls, his briefcase crashes open littering the warehouse with thousands of US dollar bills. He rushes to collect his money, his gut wound making it very difficult for him to move. He sits back for a moment, produces a pack of Luckys, takes one, sees he has only one match, puts it away. He looks at the strewn money. The police sirens can be heard approaching again. He makes a superhuman effort to collect his money, gun ready to fire. Visions of his unfaithful moll and his partner in crime and their betrayal of him repeatedly collide in his crazed mind as he replays these last moments of his life. Flashbacks, flash-forwards, fantasy sequences, nightmares, surrealist imaginings, all collide to repeat a single scene over and over and over again with variations, extensions, illusions and hallucinations. Action packed, with very minimal dialogue and a wall to wall ear shattering soundtrack, this tense 70 minutes of jealousy, violence and rage collide in a wild frenzy of  choreographed pain, lost love and lost dreams.