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The Gamble
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The Gamble

1991-01-01 · 83 min · ★ 5.3

Drama

Don Duong stars as a truck driver who falls in love with a young student girl in a roadside border canteen. Unsure about him, she returns to school but finally decides to throw in her lot with him. This decision forms the gambling motif in the film, a decision which causes her grief, when she later becomes the subject of his gamble.

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Directors
Lưu Trọng Ninh
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Countries
Vietnam
Status
Released

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Đơn DươngĐơn DươngChiến
Thu HàThu HàMai
Kim XuyếnKim XuyếnTâm
Đào Mộng LongĐào Mộng LongThe Tai old man
Hán Văn TìnhHán Văn TìnhTrọc
Thu QuếThu QuếThe Tai old man's wife
Ngoc ThoaNgoc ThoaMai's mother (uncredited)
Tú OanhTú OanhThe student (uncredited)
Chiều XuânChiều XuânThe student (uncredited)
Thảo VânThảo VânNữ sinh viên

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