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RUNTIME
Did you know
90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Poker
1988 1h 30m FR
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7.0
SOLID
★7.0TMDB · 3
CrimeDrama
Synopsis
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Helene loves to play poker for big money in men's company. But one day she looses big time against bar manager Antonio. He grants her 24 hours to come up with the 50,000 Francs. She asks all of her friends, but nobody will help her. When she finally steals the money from her brother Stephane, she gets them into serious trouble -- she didn't know where he got it.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Caroline Cellier
Hélène
Pierre Arditi
Duke
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Stéphane
Jacques Mathou
Tonio
François Berléand
Lawyer
Catherine Corringer
Jo
Charlie Nelson
Maurice
Daniel Langlet
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Catherine Corsini
- Writers
- Catherine Corsini
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- France
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Did you know?
Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Catherine Corsini directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 238 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Caroline Cellier and Pierre Arditi and Jean-Philippe Écoffey carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0091774 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 90 min · 1h 30m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
- IMDB
- Poker (1988)
Also by
Catherine Corsini
Production companies
Who made it
CNC
FR
Canal+
FR
- SA
Sara Films
FR
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere1987-08-27· Montréal Film Festival
