Vera and Bruno used to be a couple, but haven't seen one another since they separated. He coincidentally appears before her during a long-awaited country house weekend with friends on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
Set on Christmas Eve in a small convenience store near the bottom of the socioeconomic food chain where a hostage situation breaks out over a $156 million lottery ticket.
Cynthia and Mary show up to collect Cynthia's inheritance from her deceased grandfather, the only item she's received is an antique sword that was believed by her grandfather to be proof that the South won the Civil War.
伯尼(威廉姆·H·梅西 William H. Macy 饰)可能是这个世界上最倒霉的男人了,尤其是在格外讲究运气的拉斯维加斯,然而,就是伯尼这种逢赌必输的天赋,被一位赌场的大老板给相中了。他花重金聘请伯尼去他所经营的赌场工作,为的就是压制那些运气特别好,赢的盆满钵满的赌客。
在这里,伯尼邂逅了一位名叫娜塔莉(玛丽亚·贝罗 Maria Bello 饰)女子,美丽温柔的娜塔莉很快就令伯尼坠入了情网之中。然而,自从伯尼恋爱之后,他的霉运似乎一扫而空,令他的老板损失惨重。为了挽回这名得力的员工,老板决定无论付出怎样的代价都要将伯尼和娜塔莉拆散。