Creatures of Chance

FEATURE FILM | FICTION | EXPECTED IN 2026

8 years old Lucia grows up with her Latin American-born family in a Montreal’s working-class neighborhood. She navigates this world nimbly, fascinated by insects and always searching for new talismans in wastelands. Between gambling games, that obsess her surroundings, her dissipated mother and her eccentric grandmother, Lucia tries to find her place in this colourful, mostly female family clan, which is not always ideal, for better or worse.

Based on the story of Lula Carballo, published by Cheval d’août.

Screenwriter and Director

Nadine Gómez

Production

Rocío B. Fuentes
Giacomo Nudi

Script & Direction Advisors

Juan Andrés Arango, Pascal Plante

Casting Director

Tania Arana

Music

Jérémi Roy

Cinematography

Alexandre Lampron

Art Direction

Diana Le Nézet

Costume Design

Zoe Roux

Hair & Make-up

Farid Brik, Jeanne Lafond

Sound

René Portillo, Marie-Pierre Grenier

Editing

Myriam Magassouba

Markets, Labs and Forums

TIFF Filmmaker Lab 2022
SODEC Lab Immersion Cannes 2023

Distribution – Canada

H264 Distribution