Four boys start neglecting school in order to meet in a hidden location and play poker. As time goes by, their poker games become more and more serious, while at the same time bring them closer as friends. Now that they are grown-ups, Claudiu, Titel, Horia and Marcel are known as the resourceful politician, the surgeon who knows people, the adventurous gangster and the millionaire architect. Behind their normal day-to-day activities, such as cocoa transactions or garden gnomes deals, the boys hide serious, money-making businesses. Their last "match" reveals that each of the four friends has a secret plan the others don't know about, and soon their traditional poker game turns into a ridiculous bluff. While Monica, the politician's mistress, watches their cat and mouse game with disguised indifference, the boys fail to realize that none of them has the ace up his sleeve..." /> Aarc.ro - Poker (2009)

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Poker (2009)

Poker


112 min. - Comedie - N 15 - 09.04.2010


Synopsis:

Four boys start neglecting school in order to meet in a hidden location and play poker. As time goes by, their poker games become more and more serious, while at the same time bring them closer as friends. Now that they are grown-ups, Claudiu, Titel, Horia and Marcel are known as the resourceful politician, the surgeon who knows people, the adventurous gangster and the millionaire architect. Behind their normal day-to-day activities, such as cocoa transactions or garden gnomes deals, the boys hide serious, money-making businesses. Their last "match" reveals that each of the four friends has a secret plan the others don't know about, and soon their traditional poker game turns into a ridiculous bluff. While Monica, the politician's mistress, watches their cat and mouse game with disguised indifference, the boys fail to realize that none of them has the ace up his sleeve...

Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu

Writer: Adrian Lustig

Stars: Horaţiu Mălăele, Valentin Teodosiu, Valdimir Găitan


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Distribuție

Horaţiu Mălăele Titel Pangică
Valentin Teodosiu Claudiu Viţelaru
Vladimir Găitan Horia Vrăbete
Vezi tot genericul

Producători

MediaPro Pictures

Date de producție

Câştigă concursul CNC de proiecte cinematografice, sesiunea  noiembrie-decembrie 2007. Filmări între 6 octombrie şi 9 noiembrie 2009 la Studiourile Buftea, Palatul Snagov, Palatul Parlamentului, Zoo Băneasa şi Aeroportul Otopeni.

Distribuitori

MediaPro Distribution

Festivaluri

Trivia

  • Bogdan Mălăele, fiul lui Horaţiu Mălăele, joacă alături de tatăl său în filmele Poker şi Funeralii fericite