The Bet

Running time: 89 mins

Obsession consumes two men dead-set on winning the high-stake bet of a lifetime.

Viktor, a wealthy, arrogant oligarch, agrees to pay young Maxim, his cocky employee, $15 million if the young man can endure fifteen years of imprisonment in confined, guarded quarters. If Maxim fails to complete his detention, he will be indebted to work without pay for the rest of his life.

Both parties are all in, and each man becomes absorbed with his potential win in this psychological thriller based on the same-named Anton Chekhov short story. The outlandish deal drives each to the brink of insanity, as each contributor is willing to risk everything, including personal freedom and the well being of anyone standing in his way for victory. It?s two people?s confrontation in the circle of life, and there is only one winner in this critical look at the maniacal effect of greed and loss of independence on the human psyche.