La vida abismal

2007
1h 27m

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAs a flashback, a young man, living with his parents and with vague aspirations to find a better life, is fascinated by the confidence of a professional gambler, in 1972 Valencia.As a flashback, a young man, living with his parents and with vague aspirations to find a better life, is fascinated by the confidence of a professional gambler, in 1972 Valencia.As a flashback, a young man, living with his parents and with vague aspirations to find a better life, is fascinated by the confidence of a professional gambler, in 1972 Valencia.

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5,3/10

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- 2 nominations au total

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7/10

Card games

Life, cards, luck and Russian Roulette... this is why this comment has the spoiler option checked.

This film evokes Valencia illegal gaming back in the seventies. A young peasant -Ferran- plays cards not much to make a living but as a distraction of his daily routine. Ferran meets a larger-than-life character -el chino- who happens to play cards for a living. This other guy is depicted as a Toni Manero look alike but his charisma an arrogance lead the innocent Ferran to join him in his schemes to make money to end up betting all on the next card table.

At some point the action moves to Madrid and Ferran steps down losing track of El chino who takes on more dangerous games making a living out of Russian Roulette until the round gets loaded.

Based on real events this is no Hollywood epic but it captures the desperation of the characters very effectively.