A 10-year-old South African orphan leaves his Zulu village to make his own life in the city... only to find no one will help him, except a formidable Indian woman.
How could a recently orphaned, 10-year old homeless South African boy ever be called Lucky?
Over his mothers grave, Lucky promises to make something of himself. Leaving his Zulu village for the city, he arrives on the doorstep of an uncle who has no interest in him. Lucky then meets an elderly Indian woman with an inherent fear of Africans. Despite racial prejudice and a language barrier, they develop an unlikely bond, and try to find Lucky a new life and family.
Through an odyssey marked by greed, violence, and ultimately, belonging, LUCKY shows how a child's spirit can bring out decency, humility and even love in adults struggling to survive in the new South Africa.
