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Il Cartaio (2004)
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A serial killer with a knack for video poker and a taste for blood taunts a determined policewoman in director
Dario Argento
's attempt to bring the traditional giallo into the digital age. Detective Anna Mari (Stefania Rocca) is sitting at her desk when a message from an anonymous online gambler bearing the moniker "The Card Player" invites her to join a game of video poker. When the game screen loads, Mari is horrified to learn that the stakes of the game are higher than she ever could have imagined, as an unidentified female in an over-pixilated web-cam window screams for her life. Though the chief initially refuses to take part in the killer's horrifying game, the death of the innocent victim leads Mari to seek more unconventional means of tracking the murderous gambler. As the killer continues to taunt police, British policeman John Brennan (
Liam Cunningham
) is brought in to help solve the case. When the killer ups the ante by kidnapping the police chief's daughter, it's only a matter of time before the killer and Mari herself are locked in a pulse-pounding, life-or-death game in which anyone could hold the winning hand. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Cast
Adalberto Maria Merli
Liam Cunningham
John Brennan
Production Crew
Benoit Debie
Cinematographer
Claudio Simonetti
Composer (Music Score)
Florence Emir
Costume Designer
Patrizia Chericoni
Costume Designer
Dario Argento
Director
Walter Fasano
Editor
Claudio Argento
Producer
Dario Argento
Producer
Antonello Geleng
Production Designer
Marina Pinzuti Ansolini
Production Designer
Dario Argento
Screenwriter
Franco Ferrini
Screenwriter
Maurizio Di Coste
Sound/Sound Designer
Sergio Stivaletti
Sound/Sound Designer
Tomasso Quatrini
Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 2004
Runtime: 102
Country: Italy
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature
Genre
Horror
Produced by
Medusa
Opera Film
Release
October 06, 2004 (USA - Limited)
by Medusa
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