Luna's Game Explained

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Producer:Andrés Vicente Gómez
Director:Mónica Laguna
Screenplay:Mónica Laguna
Cinematography:Teo Delgado
Music:Suso Saiz
Editing:Pablo Blanco
Country:Spain
Language:Spanish

Luna's Game (Spanish; Castilian: '''Juego de Luna'''|links=no) is a 2001 Spanish drama film directed by which stars Ana Torrent.

Plot

Luna has been groomed into becoming a poker player since she was a child. Now a professional player, she has to settle some debts.

Release

The film was presented at the 4th Málaga Film Festival in June 2001.[1] [2] It also made it to the main competition slate of the 36th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[3]

Reception

Dan Fainaru of ScreenDaily described the film as "a disappointing attempt to deal with two different types of addiction", taking "far too many short cuts and avoids too many pertinent questions to deal with the many tasks it sets for itself".[4]

Accolades

|-| align = "center" | 2001 || 4th Málaga Film Festival || Best Director || Mónica Laguna || || align = "center" | |}

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Sin vergüenza', de Joaquín Oristrell, triunfa en el Festival de Cine de Málaga. Periódico de Ibiza. 10 June 2001.
  2. Web site: El País. 5 June 2001. Mónica Laguna presenta en el festival de cine de Málaga 'Juego de Luna'. Héctor. Marquéz. Casimiro. Torreiro.
  3. Web site: Presencia española en el Festival de Cine de Karlovy Vary. Vertele!. eldiario.es. 10 July 2001.
  4. Web site: ScreenDaily. Dan. Fainaru. 19 July 2001. Luna's Game.