Quintet story

movie: Quintet (1979) · 1979-02-09

In a post-apocalyptic world beset by an ice age, people whittle away the time to the end of humanity by playing the game Qunitet.

6 total · 5 major · 1 minor

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blood sports major Quintet was a tournament that amounted to a fight for the survival of the fittest.
gambling major People were obsessed with gambling on the game Quintet. While it had its historical origins as a common board game, it had devolved into a game where game pieces were human beings that had to fight to the death for survival.
global cooling major We saw a future where the world was in the grips of an ice age, and civilization had been all but obliterated.
institutionalized human blood sports society major Quintet turned out to be an elaborate game that amounted to ritual fights for the survival of the fittest.
post-apocalyptic dystopia major The story depicts a the people of shanty town in a world in the grips of a ice age and their only real institution was the game of Quintet.
brother and brother minor Essex briefly reunited with his brother, Francha.