Onion
Wishing on a Star
Directed by Peter Kerekes · IT, 2026 · 99 min · original language with English subtitles
An astrologer sends her clients on birthday journeys to change their fate — and follows them there.
Luciana de Leoni d’Asparedo teaches astrology in Friuli and prescribes travel: spend your birthday in the right coordinates and the year will bend your way. Kerekes trails her believers to Beirut, Lanzarote and a karaoke bar in Naples, filming the gap between the stars we’re promised and the lives we get.
Tender, funny and quietly devastating about the things we do to be loved.
Director's note & bio +
I don't believe in astrology. I believe in people who believe in astrology — they are the best documentary subjects in the universe.
Credits
DirectionPeter KerekesScreenplayPeter KerekesCinematographyMartin KollarEditingMarek ŠulíkProductionVideomante, Punkchart films
Screenings
Ticketing opens 1 August — sold-out screenings are marked here.
