Big Prizes and Population Control Await Fortuna’s Contestants

Winners of reality shows like American Idol may go home with a ticket to renown and destiny , or hazard disappointment , heartbreak , and public humiliation . But could any prize convince contestants to risk death ? In forthcoming movie Fortuna , members of a desperate future underclass play a mysterious biz where the winner get to bring together the wealthy elite , and the unsuccessful person do n’t go home at all . Tapping into current fearfulness of economic flop and the vanishing middle family , Fortuna portrays a world of utmost wealth stratification :

Set in 2100 , “ Fortuna ” envisions an Earth where a collapse thriftiness and climate crises have eliminated the middle class , leaving a few very loaded and the swarm slew in spartan poverty . To give hope and quash revolt , the elite create Fortuna , a mysterious game where one in a thousand wins a big payday and joins the upper class . But their hidden goal to “ thin poorness ” by 30 % over 50 years comes with a baneful terms tag .

Freddy Rodriguez and Lost ’s Dominic Monaghan will play two of the game ’s impoverished players , as will the film ’s author - director Barthelemy Grossmann . [ The Hollywood Reporter ]

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