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''The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die'' ( it, Ti ho cercata in tutti i necrologi, lit. "I've been looking for you in all the obituaries") is an English/Italian
drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has b ...
tic film directed by
Giancarlo Giannini Giancarlo Giannini (born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor and voice actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in '' Love and Anarchy'' (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for '' Seven Beauties ...
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Plot

Nikita is an Italian taxi driver who runs over a footballer in an accident and is forced to emigrate to Canada and make a new life. He finds work as a driver for a company of undertakers. One evening, he plays poker in a remote villa outside Toronto. To pay off his gambling debt, a manhunt is proposed: with guns in hand, his creditors will have 20 minutes to hunt him down and kill him. If he survives, Nikita will be considered to have paid his debt.


Production


Development

Giannini has said that the idea for the film arose by chance at a dinner, when he was told about such manhunts taking place in Africa. The film was produced by Magalì Production, Dean Film and RAI Cinema, with contribution from the
Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities The Ministry of Culture ( it, Ministero della Cultura - MiC) is the ministry of the Government of Italy in charge of national museums and the '' monuments historiques''. MiC's headquarters are located in the historic Collegio Romano Palace (v ...
. In 2013 it was presented at the
Shanghai International Film Festival The Shanghai International Film Festival (, French: ''Festival international du film de Shanghai''), abbreviated SIFF, is one of the largest film festivals in East Asia. "China's biggest film festival" according to the Hollywood Reporter. Nex ...
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Filming

The film was shot in Italy, Canada and the United States.


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* 2013 films 2013 drama films Films set in Canada Italian drama films 2010s Italian-language films English-language Italian films 2010s English-language films 2013 multilingual films {{2010s-drama-film-stub