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How many of us have bought a Lotto ticket when there is a big prize at stake and quietly hoped - this might be the one. Well in Ireland, in the early 1990s, a mathematician thought he'd worked out a surefire way to win the National Lottery.
He got together a syndicate to try to buy every single ticket combination in a scheme that captivated the nation and sparked vigorous debate. Now Irish director Ross Whitaker has turned the tale into a gripping thriller peppered with great archival footage. It features in the British and Irish film festival that kicks off in Auckland and Wellington at the end of the month and plays around the country until the middle of November. Ross Whitaker joins Kathryn from Dublin.
