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The Gin Game
GERMANY · 1981

The Gin Game

Mike Nichols
aging and isolation competitive games friendship in later life nursing home life frustration and loss
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Synopsis

Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a nursing home for senior citizens, strike up an acquaintance. Neither seems to have any other friends, and they start to enjoy each other's company. Weller offers to teach Fonsia how to play gin rummy, and they begin playing a series of games that Fonsia always wins. Weller's inability to win a single hand becomes increasingly frustrating

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