Born Winner () is a 1976 Italian crime drama film directed by Aldo Lado. Production. The film initially had the working title "Una leggera euforia" ('A slight euphoria'), and was conceived as a Flavio Bucci vehicle. Reception. The film historian Eugenio Ercolani described the film as "a sort of homemade, underclass version of "Jules et Jim" (1962), a "Midnight Cowboy" (1969) out of tune and off-axis, even if revitalized by the strange duo composed of Joe Dallesandro and Massimo Ranieri." External links.