El jugador

In a German spa town, Alexei works as a tutor for a Russian family awaiting an inheritance that could transform their fortunes. Obsessively in love with Polina, he discovers an equally irresistible allure in roulette: the thrill of the gamble and the chance to change his life in a single stroke. But soon, winning is no longer enough. Alexei feels compelled to tempt fate again and again, as love, money, power, and humiliation blur together in a headlong rush toward the abyss.