The Russian Game(2007)

movie - first aired/released 2007-10-04 - 95 min - audience 6.2

Comedy

Directed by Pavel Chukhray

Italian gambler who is well-skilled in the card trade owes people in authority, and leaves his country to win the money. Arriving in a small Russian town, he tries to show off his tricks to the local card swindlers but is caught and ends up agreeing to a friendship and a cooperation. It is hard not to find oneself liking the gallant Italian.