Charlie Casanova (2010)

Charlie Barnum is a golden boy of privilege, with a picture-perfect wife, a lucrative property empire, and a steadfast best friend at his side. Yet, beneath this veneer of perfection, Charlie's world is on the brink of collapse. His virility dwindles, his property empire crumbles, and his fidelity falters as he lusts after his best friend's wife. But none of this fazes Charlie, who thrives on the adrenaline rush of living dangerously on borrowed time. Tragedy strikes when an innocent working-class girl falls victim to a fatal hit and run. Charlie, the man behind the wheel, reacts not with remorse, but with a chillingly detached gamblers' instinct. Consulting his deck of playing cards, he callously abdicates responsibility for his future deeds. As lies morph into truths and reality blurs into a twisted fantasy, Charlie manipulates three unsuspecting couples into his web of debauchery and prejudice. The newfound power he wields exposes them to unsettling realities about each other, forcing them to confront their own moral decay. Darkly humorous, provocatively subversive, and chillingly satirical, Charlie Casanova is a deeply unsettling exploration of the human psyche. The film paints a bleak portrait of a man who, despite his wealth and power, is shallowly suicidal and degenerately greedy. This compelling anti-hero channels the twisted fantasies of Billy Liar and Walter Mitty, as he leads his friends down a path of destruction, blaming the very class of people he had preyed upon.

Charlie Casanova is a thriller movie featuring Emmett Scanlan and directed by Terry McMahon.

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