After breaking a mirror, a man fears he will have seven years of bad luck. He tries to avoid that curse, but everything he does only aggravates his problems. He quarrels with his fiancée, is robbed of all his money, and is chased by a train conductor for not having a ticket.
Enjoyable comedy which explores a theme which was (apparently) inaugurated by the Oedipus myth. It concerns a philosophical problem regarding prophecies and predestination, namely that a prophecy, to be successful, must take into account all the events, including its communication and the ensuing efforts to prevent it from being successful. This film has numerous hilarious moments, and if I had to choose just one I would pick the absurdist interactions between Max and a housemaid (and fortune teller), which begin with palm reading and ends with Max turning his fiancée's house into a dancing hall.
Rating: 63
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