Release Date

26 Jan, 2007

Runtime

01:30: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

La vida abismal

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Actors

Óscar Jaenada

José Sospedra

Antonio Valero

Juli Mira

Pep Cortés

Albert Forner

Nausicaa Bonnín

Pepa López

Abdelatif Hwidar

Pep Ricart

Daniel Medrán

Karme Málaga

Ximo Solano

Álvaro Báguena

Isabel Rocatti

Alfred Picó

Miguel Such

Paco Sarro

Francesc Queral

Domènec de Guzmán

Juanjo Cascales

Crew

Ventura Pons

Ventura Pons

Ferran Torrent

Carles Cases

Mario Montero