A Trip to the City(2008)
An irresistible desire for a card game turned out to be the lot of a poor man, a father of two children. Every time, he grits his teeth and tells himself: I won't play, I won't play… But the excitement turns out to be stronger than remorse and guilt in front of his wife and hungry children. "It's obvious that my fate is like this and I can't get away from it," he justifies himself to himself and ... loses his last bull.
Movie: A Trip to the City
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An irresistible desire for a card game turned out to be the lot of a poor man, a father of two children. Every time, he grits his teeth and tells himself: I won't play, I won't play… But the excitement turns out to be stronger than remorse and guilt in front of his wife and hungry children. "It's obvious that my fate is like this and I can't get away from it," he justifies himself to himself and ... loses his last bull.
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2008-01-01
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