‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’, an adaptation of a Roald Dahl story has won in the live-action short film category at Oscars 2024.
As per the Oscars outlet, the 96th Academy Awards included Netflix’s 19 nominations across 11 films. However, the OTT platform managed to grab its one win for Wes Anderson’s “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.”
Interestingly, Pakistani users can watch the short film on Netflix. Here is everything you need to know before watching this 40-minute film which features Benedict Cumberbatch a.k.a Doctor Strange.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar follows the titular character to a doctor’s office, where Henry Sugar finds a medical report on a man from India who claims to be able to see without his eyes.
Henry is a gambling man who has never worked a day in his life, so he predicts the financial opportunities this power could grant him.
Over three years, Sugar studies the meditation method and eventually gains the ability to see through playing cards and even predicts the future.
Henry takes his new-found talents to a casino and sees the greed in those around him after winning a large sum of money.
He soon realizes he has lost the sense of fun that comes with the chance of winning and decides to do something good with his money.
Who’s in the cast?
Benedict Cumberbatch plays the titular character as Henry Sugar. Apart from his, the cast includes Dev Patel, Ralph Fiennes, Rupert Friend, Richard Ayoade, and Ben Kingsley.
