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The Gamble

The Gamble

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Drama

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Don Duong stars as a truck driver who falls in love with a young student girl in a roadside border canteen. Unsure about him, she returns to school but finally decides to throw in her lot with him. This decision forms the gambling motif in the film, a decision which causes her grief, when she later becomes the subject of his gamble.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Vietnamese

Runtime

83 mins

Rating

5.3/10

Release Date

01 January 1991

Country

Vietnam

Cast

Đơn Dương

Đơn Dương

Chiến

Thu Hà

Thu Hà

Mai

Kim Xuyến

Kim Xuyến

Tâm

Đào Mộng Long

Đào Mộng Long

The Tai old man

Hán Văn Tình

Hán Văn Tình

Trọc

Thu Quế

Thu Quế

The Tai old man's wife

Ngoc Thoa

Ngoc Thoa

Mai's mother (uncredited)

Tú Oanh

Tú Oanh

The student (uncredited)

Chiều Xuân

Chiều Xuân

The student (uncredited)

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