Sasie Sealy’s Lucky Grandma will be available on Blu-ray and DVD August 11. Starring Tsai Chin (The Joy Luck Club), this darkly-humorous action heist comedy has been a hit with critics and audiences alike.
In the heart of Chinatown, New York, an ornery, chain-smoking, newly widowed 80-year-old Grandma (Tsai Chin, The Joy Luck Club) is eager to live life as an independent woman, despite the worry of her family. When a local fortune teller (Wai Ching Ho) predicts a most auspicious day in her future, Grandma decides to head to the casino and goes all in, only to land herself on the wrong side of luck… suddenly attracting the attention of some local gangsters. Desperate to protect herself, Grandma employs the services of a bodyguard from a rival gang (Corey Ha) and soon finds herself right in the middle of a Chinatown gang war.
Director Sasie Sealy brings to life a dark comedy about the immigrant experience, the vulnerabilities of aging, and an unexpected friendship. Set in alleyways and underground mahjong parlors with a cast of richly drawn characters (including Taiwanese movie star Corey Ha), Lucky Grandma is a love letter to Chinatown and an homage to all the badass elderly women who inhabit it.
In response to the closure of theaters due to COVID-19, Good Deed released Lucky Grandma on Kino Lorber’s virtual cinema platform Kino Marquee, sharing revenue with independent art houses across the country. Lucky Grandma was shown in virtual screening rooms in over 150 markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, Denver, Seattle, Washington DC, Vancouver, and Toronto, among many others.
Lucky Grandma Official Trailer
Lucky Grandma
Director: Sasie Sealy
Written by: Sasie Sealy & Angela Cheng
Produced by: Cara Marcous & Krista Parris
Starring: Tsai Chin, Corey Ha, Michael Tow, Woody Fu, Wai Ching Ho, Clem Cheung