GERMANY · 1981

The Gin Game

Mike Nichols
New German Cinema aging and isolation competitive games friendship in later life nursing home life frustration and loss
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Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a nursing home for senior citizens, strike up an acquaintance. Neither seems to have any other friends, and they start to enjoy each other's company. Weller offers to teach Fonsia how to play gin rummy, and they begin playing a series of games that Fonsia always wins. Weller's inability to win a single hand becomes increasingly frustrating

Year1981
CountryGermany
DirectorMike Nichols
The Gin Game poster

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