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Plot summary
Raised by a demanding father who trained her from childhood, Molly Bloom reaches the Olympic trials, where a crash ends her skiing path. She moves to Los Angeles, waits tables, and catches the attention of real estate developer Dean Keith, who hires her and then has her organize his weekly poker game. The players are movie stars, business magnates and other powerful men betting enormous sums, and their tips point Molly toward a career of her own. When Dean threatens to take the game unless she keeps working as his assistant, she takes the game herself. In New York, arrested over a game she no longer runs, she meets attorney Charlie Jaffey, who doubts her account of the Russian players at her tables.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Molly's Game (2017)
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- Aaron Sorkin made his directorial debut with Molly's Game, and worked especially closely with cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen because it was his first time directing.
- Molly Bloom, whose memoir the film adapts, said Jessica Chastain had little time to prepare or research the role, yet was blown away by how deeply the actress understood her.
