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The Card Player is a italien film of genre Thriller directed by Dario Argento released in USA on 2 january 2004 with Stefania Rocca
The Card Player (2004)
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Add to a movie listThe Card Player (Italian: Il cartaio) is a 2004 giallo film directed by Dario Argento. The film stars Stefania Rocca and Liam Cunningham and is Argento's second giallo feature of the decade (following Sleepless).
The film features a brief role by Fiore Argento, the director's eldest daughter. She had previously appeared in her father's films Phenomena and Demons.
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The film centers around a serial killer known as "The Card Player", who is kidnapping young women in Rome. Using a webcam set-up, the killer challenges the police by forcing them to play hands of Internet poker. If the police lose, the kidnapped victim is tortured and murdered on-screen. When a British tourist is among the girls murdered, policeman John Brennan (Cunningham) is assigned the case and quickly teams up with Italian detective Anna Mari (Rocca). The duo have their work cut out for them when the Police Chief's daughter (Argento) becomes the killer's latest kidnapping victim.Actors
Stefania Rocca
(Anna Mari)
Liam Cunningham
(John Brennan)
Silvio Muccino
(Remo)
Claudio Santamaria
(Carlo Sturni)
Adalberto Maria Merli
(Police Commissioner)
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