The Gamble
1991, Vietnamese. Directed by Lưu Trọng Ninh.
Don Duong stars as a truck driver who falls in love with a young student girl in a roadside border canteen. Unsure about him, she returns to school but finally decides to throw in her lot with him. This decision forms the gambling motif in the film, a decision which causes her grief, when she later becomes the subject of his gamble.
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Vietnamese
- Rated
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- Released
- 1 January 1991
- Original title
- Canh Bạc
- Country
- Vietnam
- Written by
- Nguyễn Thị Hồng Ngát
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The Gamble runs 83 minutes (1h 23m).
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The Gamble isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1991. (Checked 3 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Gamble?
If you liked The Gamble, try Paradise Highway, They Drive by Night, The Set-Up.
Who directed The Gamble?
The Gamble (1991) was directed by Lưu Trọng Ninh and stars Đơn Dương, Thu Hà, Kim Xuyến.