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La Martingale

1983

A slow-burning, tense drama of gambling obsession and fragile trust, with a melancholic, cynical edge.

Directed by
Alain Bloch
Genres
Tv movie
Starring
Omar Sharif, Catherine Spaak, Jean-Pierre Gos
Overview
A high-stakes drama set in the world of gambling, where a clever but morally conflicted roulette player, Alex Joski, joins forces with a desperate woman battling debt. As they pursue an “unfailing system” to beat the casino, their alliance is tested by jealousy, mistrust, and the reappearance of the woman’s troublesome former lover.

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Directed by
Alain Bloch
Genres
Tv movie
Starring
Omar Sharif, Catherine Spaak, Jean-Pierre Gos
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • love
  • deception
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
tv movie
Directed by
Alain Bloch
Starring
Omar Sharif, Catherine Spaak, Jean-Pierre Gos, Jean-Pierre Malo, William Jacques, Jacques Michel, Claude Para, Nicole Duhamel
Country
Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland
Languages
French

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