Réalisation:
Karel ReiszScénario:
James TobackPhotographie:
Victor J. KemperMusique:
Jerry FieldingActeurs·trices:
James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Jacqueline Brookes, Morris Carnovsky, Burt Young, Steven Keats, Vic Tayback, M. Emmet Walsh, James Woods (plus)VOD (1)
Résumés(1)
Axel Freed, professeur de littérature, est prisonnier de sa passion pour le jeu. Après une nuit désastreuse, il perd 44 000 dollars qu’il doit rembourser au plus vite auprès des malfrats qu’il fréquente. Affolée, sa mère lui prête la moitié de sa dette qu’il s’empresse aussitôt de doubler lors d’une virée à Las Vegas, et de perdre, en cumulant des paris suicidaires… (Les Acacias)
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Critiques (1)
I know quite a lot of gamblers, and I know their psyche. That’s why I don’t consider this film any kind of remarkable feat. I think that even though James Caan delivered a decent acting performance, he failed to portray a true addict. Those look a bit different. But maybe there is a difference between a 1970s American gambler and a Czech gambler of today, one that I cannot tell because I wasn’t yet born in the 1970s and I’ve never been to the US. So it could actually be a decent movie but I’m unable to tell objectively. If I, however, wanted to see a true gambler’s story, I’d go to a local pub where there are dozens of them. If I give them a hundred for the slot machine, they’ll gladly tell me their whole story, even shaking my hand and thanking me for my interest. And that would be something.
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