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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

Duong Don

Duong Don

Ha Thu

Ha Thu

Kim Xuyen

Kim Xuyen

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