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Lucky Break is a film of genre Comedy directed by Ben Lewin released in USA on 15 august 1997 with Gia Carides

Lucky Break (1994)

Lucky Break
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Released in USA 15 august 1997
Length 1h34
Directed by
Genres Comedy,    Romantic comedy,    Romance
Rating60% 3.046263.046263.046263.046263.04626

Lucky Break (released in the United States as Paperback Romance) is a 1994 Australian romantic comedy film directed by Ben Lewin, about a woman with polio who breaks her leg and is treated normally for the first time in her life. It was nominated for an award by the Australian Film Institute in 1995.

Actors

Gia Carides

(Sophie)Anthony LaPaglia

(Eddie Mercer)Rebecca Gibney

(Gloria Wrightman)Robyn Nevin

(Anne-Marie LePine)Marshall Napier

(George LePine)
And :
Lewis Fiander
Mary-Anne Fahey
Jacek Koman
Russell Fletcher
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