SYNOPSIS:

Benny Lake is a lonely, sharp-tongued drunk in a sleepy Swiss village — infamous for all the wrong reasons. One freezing night, staggering home from the bar, he slips on the road, leaves half his pride (and a piece of his lip) on the asphalt, then rolls straight into the frozen lake. By morning, he’s gone viral as “Benny the Brave,” the man who fell, froze, and somehow lived. As the village turns his humiliation into a tourist attraction, Benny becomes a reluctant folk hero while his nosy but kindhearted neighbor Olga tries to keep him alive — and sober. Just when life feels like one long cruel joke, fate flips again: he wins the lottery. But even twenty million francs can’t drown old shame. Through gossip, headlines, and quiet winter nights by the lake, Benny learns the real jackpot isn’t money — it’s forgiving himself. A darkly comic, deeply human tale about pride, small towns, and the absurd grace of falling flat on your face — and still standing up again.