Shirley MacLaine is an Oscar winning actress, known for her roles in The Apartment, Terms of Endearment and recently Downton Abbey. Yet, as her daughter Sachi Parker can attest, growing up with the movie star was far from picture perfect.

The only child of MacLaine and her husband of 30 years, Steve Parker, Sachi's surreal childhood began when she was sent to Japan at the age of two, though her mother would sometimes claim Sachi was six, to live with her mercurial father and his mistress. Her time was split between being raised by a Japanese governess and going back and forth to L.A. to be with her mother where she played on movie sets, attended Hollywood parties and even won and then abruptly lost, the role of Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird.

As she gets older and attends boarding school in England and Switzerland, becomes a Qantas stewardess and becomes involved in a series of abusive relationships she tries to unravel the mysteries of her childhood and her parents unconventional marriage. LUCKY ME is a fascinating look at Hollywood and what it takes to succeed there, the incredible ambition of Shirley MacLaine and the fallout it had on her only child, as well as a woman's attempt to understand and connect with her extremely complicated parents.