Spanish Filmmaker-Turned-Gambler Returns To Spotlight

“Before turning to gambling, [Gonzalo] García Pelayo was a prolific director during the key period of Spain’s transition to democracy, and onward into the 1980s. … But then his film career withered. Now, the [Vienna Film Festival’s] organizers are hoping to renew interest in a body of work that is unknown internationally (and less known in Spain than [his] gambling exploits).”