In the tiny village of Tullymore, someone has won the Irish National Lottery, and elderly friends Jackie and Michael are determined to find out who it is. They scheme high and low for the winner, only to discover that it’s the recluse Ned Devine, who died of shock upon hearing the news. So begins their elaborate ruse to claim seven million pounds, which soon involves most of their neighbors. With each turn, their plot gets more complicated as the Lottery investigator is coming to visit, expecting to meet Ned Devine…
At turns devious and warm hearted, this film catches the essence of the shaggy dog tale told over pints at the pub—presenting an Ireland that manages to cope with both tradition and modernity in spite of itself.
BE ADVISED––This film is rated PG with smoking, drinking, mild profanity, pasty backside nudity, and violence involving allergy-impaired driving and a cliff-diving phone booth, 1998, 91 minutes