El jugador

Alexei Ivanovich, a young man whose volatile temperament swings between euphoria and despair, works as a tutor for the stepdaughter of a Russian general, who eagerly awaits the death of her elderly aunt to inherit a vast fortune. The fragile balance of these lives and their aspirations is shattered by the tumultuous relationship that begins between Alexei and Polina—the general's stepdaughter—and by the aunt's visit, who discovers the general's plans and decides to gamble her money away at the casino rather than leave it to her nephew.