A gambler bets everything on love, but the house always wins.
Sam is a professional gambler complete with the whole package--highs and lows in fortune, an ex-wife with money, and an estranged son. Rivalry comes to a head when Sam starts living with a much-younger woman. From then on only one rule applies—win when it counts, at any price.
Acting
Robert Fleet's sweaty desperation keeps you watching through the cringe.
Direction
Szpak's unflinching female gaze on male self-destruction.
Director
Alina Szpak
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the few poker films directed by a woman, flipping the usual 'degenerate gambler' myth by making the audience complicit in Sam's delusions.
Enci, who plays Insa, was primarily a stunt performer—her physical presence was meant to contrast with Sam's crumbling physicality.
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