The Card Player

Infobox Film
name = The Card Player


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caption = Italian theatrical poster
director = Dario Argento
producer = Dario Argento Claudio Argento
writer = Dario Argento Franco Ferrini
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starring = Stefania Rocca Liam Cunningham Silvio Muccino
music = Claudio Simonetti
cinematography = Benoît Debie
editing = Walter Fasano
distributor = Medusa Produzione
released = 2004
runtime = 103 min.
country = Italy
language = Italian English
budget = $4,000,000
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amg_id = 1:301242
imdb_id = 0330691

"The Card Player" ( _it. Il Cartaio) is a 2004 horror-thriller directed by Dario Argento. The film stars Stefania Rocca and Liam Cunningham and marks Argento's second giallo feature of the decade (following Sleepless).

Plot

"The Card Player" 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 (Liam Cunningham) is assigned the case and quickly teams up with Italian Detective Anna Mari (Stefania Rocca). The duo have their work cut out for them when the Police Chief's daughter (Fiore Argento) becomes the killer's latest kidnapping victim.

Trivia

*The film was originally conceived as a sequel to The Stendhal Syndrome.

External links

*imdb title|id=0330691|title=Il Cartaio
*amg title|id=1:301242|title=Il Cartaio