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El jugador

1947 · 59 min

A somber, noir-tinged character study that draws you into one man's compulsive spiral with quiet, mounting melancholy.

Overview
A man devotes his life to gambling to try to alleviate the pain that an impossible love has caused him.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • obsession
    • addiction
    • love
    • isolation
    • guilt
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    León Klimovsky
    Written by
    Manuel Villegas López
    Starring
    Roberto Escalada, Florindo Ferrario, Alberto Bello, Amalia Sánchez Ariño, Pedro Laxalt, Haydeé Larroca, P. Walter Jacob, Judith Sulián
    Cinematography
    Roque Funes
    Runtime
    59 min
    Country
    Argentina
    Languages
    Spanish

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