Poker
2010 · 112 MIN · IMDB 5.6 · 958 VOTES · DIR. Sergiu Nicolaescu
Overview
In the history of Romanian cinema, Sergiu Nicolaescu's name stands for "prolific, highly commercial and professional". At the age of 80, the director launched his latest production, which is also his second comedy in a long row of action and historic films. "Poker" is a cinema adaptation of Adrian Lustig's theatre play with the same name, and focuses on four male friends, representatives for the social canvas: a doctor without a moral conscience, an unscrupulous politician, a chief of the local mafia, and a businessman who made a fortune in America. Made by MediaPro Pictures, 'Poker' looks at immorality and intrigues in politics, hinting at the fact that contemporary Romania is a day to day jungle where strings are pulled by those in power, so everything turns into a poker round, where those who have the right aces in their sleeve can win.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,317 lines
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00:00:05 A film made with the support of the National Cinema Center
00:07:44 Let him go ! Go, Titel ! The soup will get cold.
00:14:26 All I dream of, at night, is boars and oxen.
00:19:48 I don't want them on our territory.
00:25:43 - Horia bought you ? - Didn't you know ?
00:29:48 But Grasshopper was given shelter by an old hag.
00:33:21 I'm Alexandrina !
00:36:55 What's with this shit ?
00:41:00 Obviously, you're not the mailman. You rang only once.
00:44:57 In my country, with my police force, with my Secret Services
00:49:46 I'll tell you, then.
00:52:45 Senator, I see you're still wearing a suit and a tie.
00:55:47 - How's our great writer ? - Who ?
00:59:23 - But I'll be back. - The father of Horia's child !
01:03:23 Well done ! Doctor, thank you so much for everything.
01:07:41 Who's going to defend us ? Who's going to beat us ?
01:12:49 - What's the hurry ? - They'll end up to us or to you.
01:17:14 Have some bagels ! For the soul of the dead...
01:22:13 Ion Agârbiceanu ? The writer himself ?
01:26:04 If they see we have the money, they'll make some, too.
01:29:37 There, you take money for a bid.
01:33:55 I haven't thought about that.
01:38:01 I'm leaving you, with your ''eternal and fascinating'' Romania.
01:44:29 Friends !