Temptation gets the better of a morally flexible man in this drama from director Stefano Incerti. Marino Pacileo (Toni Servillo) is known to most of his friends and acquaintances as Gorbaciof thanks to the large red birthmark on his forehead that resembles the one belonging to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbaciof works as a cashier at the Poggioreale prison in Naples; he's used to handling large amounts of cash every day which has a certain allure for a man with a taste for gambling. Gorbaciof likes to play cards and begins frequenting a high-stakes... poker game regularly staged by the proprietor of a Chinese restaurant (Hal Yamanouchi). Gorbaciof soon finds himself falling for the restaurateur's daughter Lila (Mi Yang) and when her dad runs into financial trouble Gorbaciof is willing to help. However Lila's father needs more money than Gorbaciof has on hand so he begins skimming funds from the cashbox at work leading him down a treacherous path. Toni Servillo's performance in Gorbaciof earned him the best actor award at the 2011 Bastia Italian Film Festival. [show more]
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Italian drama starring Toni Servillo. Owing to the large crimson birthmark on his forehead, prison cashier and keen gambler Marino Pacileo (Servillo) is known to his friends as 'Gorbaciof'. Determined to win big, he begins attending illicit high-stakes card matches held by a local Chinese restaurateur (Hal Yamanouchi), and it is here where he meets and falls head over heels for the businessman's daughter Lila (Mi Yang), much to the chagrin of her father. But when the same man starts to go through a spate of financial problems, he finds himself depending on Gorbaciof for help...
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