The Gambler
Eastern European Cinema • Drama, Thriller
Vincentas is the best paramedic in his unit. He is also an insatiable gambler with mounting debts. Desperate, he crafts an illegal game betting on the lives he is trying to save. Although his financial matters improve, Vincentas finds himself addicted to this illicit new thrill, causing problems for his burgeoning romance with a colleague.
DIRECTED BY IGNAS JONYNAS
LITHUANIA | 2013 | LITHUANIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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