Backgammon (2015)

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Part psychological sexually-tinged thriller and part classic mystery, "Backgammon" explores the sexual tension, danger and mind games between a group of college students during a getaway in a country mansion. When Andrew invites Lucian and his girlfriend, Elizabeth, for a weekend vacation, they don't expect Andrew's sister, Miranda, and her Baudelaire-obsessed boyfriend, Gerald, to show up as well. Overwhelmed by Gerald's antics and the constant, irritating horseplay with Miranda, Andrew and Elizabeth split. Lucian, however, decides to stay, as the simmering sexual tension develops between him and the flighty, flirtatious Miranda. When Gerald explodes after losing everything during an alcohol-fueled poker game with Lucian, Miranda finally gives him the boot. But as she and Lucian begin to dance around each other, their surroundings show threatening signs that Gerald might never have left.