Set in France in 1940, Lucky Star centers on Jean Chevalin, a bumbling deserter who never meant to go AWOL—he just panicked, bolted the wrong way, and somehow stumbled home with no uniform, no honor, and no plan. Now, with a guilty conscience gnawing at him and the Nazis closing in, Jean hatches a desperate, harebrained scheme: disguise his wife and son as Jews to slip into the smuggler networks ferrying refugees to the Free Zone.

What starts as a shameless ruse quickly careens into a whirlwind of chaos—catapulting Jean and his bewildered family into the Resistance, into danger, and into the kind of perilous escapades where survival requires more than sleight of hand. For a man who’s spent his life hiding behind lies and cowardly tricks, Jean now faces the grimly hilarious irony that the only way out is to find real courage.

With satirical bite recalling Jojo Rabbit and the bittersweet farce of Life Is Beautiful, Lucky Star spins one of France’s darkest chapters into a daring tragicomedy. It’s a story of a bungling anti-hero who stumbles into heroism, of cowardice colliding with solidarity, and of how laughter—sharp, absurd, and cathartic—can still pierce through the shadows of history.