Gamblers

Rising auteur Frederic Balekdjian has created a modern day Mean Streets with his new film, Gamblers, a crackling melodrama set in the garment district of Paris

Vahe is a disaffected small time hustler trying to find his way-the cons he runs with his buddies Toros and Sahak now earn him more guilt than cash. When his lover, Lu Ann, walks out on him, it seems that everything has gone sour at once. However, things begin to change after Vahe befriends Yuen, Lu Ann's headstrong illegal immigrant brother. When Yuen refuses to pay extra tribute to the gang that smuggled him into the country, Vahe tries to mediate. But as Yuen becomes more defiant and the reaction of the smugglers more violent, Vahe is forced to choose between his new friend and the old ones he grew up with.