The Lottery
2014, Series, 40 min, Sci-Fi, English, United States, MoviePedia score 63
Set in a dystopian future when women have stopped having children, "The Lottery" reveals a world staring down the barrel of impending extinction. Remarkably, 100 embryos are successfully fertilized and a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. As conflict, control and mystery over this global crisis unfolds, the government’s interests and power begin to dominate, igniting a highly controversial debate over our fundamental and personal freedom to raise a family.
Directed by Steven A. Adelson, Matt Earl Beesley, Henry Bronchtein, Norman Buckley, Danny Cannon, Karen Gaviola, Nathan Hope, Tim Hunter, Bill Johnson, Peter Werner
Cast
- Marley Shelton as Dr. Alison Lennon
- Michael Graziadei as Kyle Walker
- Athena Karkanis as Vanessa Keller
- David Alpay as James Lynch
- Shelley Conn as First Lady Gabrielle Westwood
- Yul Vazquez as President Thomas Westwood
- Martin Donovan as Darius Hayes
- Jesse Filkow as Elvis Walker
- Rex Linn as General Langdon
- Karissa Lee Staples as Perry Sommers
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