A birthday gift derails a financier's life in The Game, airing on ARTEWednesday 28 October 2026 at 9 p.m.. David Fincher directs Michael Douglas and Sean Penn in this 1997 thriller, released two years after Seven.
In San Francisco, Nicholas Van Orton is celebrating his 48th birthday. His brother Conrad signs him up for a game run by a mysterious firm that promises a truly personal, life-changing experience. The rules unfold as the events unfold, while disruptions to his daily life become increasingly menacing.
The story follows a man who is used to having everything under control, just as he finds himself unsure of whom to trust. Deborah Kara Unger stars as Christine, one of the people he meets during this experience. John Brancato and Michael Ferris wrote the screenplay.
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