Passionada (2002)

Directors

Dan Ireland

Cast

Jason Isaacs, Sofia Milos, Emmy Rossum, Theresa Russell

The story

Celia Amonte is a Portuguese American widow who lives in New Bedford, Massachusetts with her daughter Vicky; her late husband was a fisherman lost at sea. Vicky sneaks out of the house to go to a casino, where she meets Charlie Beck, a British card counter, and attempts to convince him to teach her his trade. Charlie is apprehended by the casino staff, and told that he can either work to find other card counters, or be banned from the casino.

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