# Jouer avec la mort (1997)

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**Original title**: *The Game*
**Runtime**: 129 min
**Genres**: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
**Directed by**: David Fincher
**Written by**: John Brancato, Michael Ferris
**Starring**: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Peter Donat, Carroll Baker

> *What do you get for the man who has everything...?*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

San Francisco, a birthday morning, a leather-bound box. A cold banker, a mysterious game, and rules that blur. 
It's best viewed alone on a quiet night.

**Mood tags**: mindfuck, neon-soaked, paranoid, raw

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.7/10 (465745 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 77% · Metacritic 63/100

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