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Wikipedia article
'Queen to Play' (original title 'Joueuse', the feminine form of player) is a 2009 French-German film directed by Caroline Bottaro. It is based on the novel 'La Joueuse dchecs' by Bertina Henrichs.
Synopsis
The film stars Sandrine Bonnaire as a French chambermaid on the island of Corsica. She develops an interest in chess. She has been cleaning the house of an American doctor (played by Kevin Kline in his first French-speaking role), and he begins helping her practice and improve. She must deal with her growing fascination with the game and with her husband and teenaged daughter.
Cast
* Sandrine Bonnaire as 'Hlne'
* Kevin Kline as 'Krger'
* Valrie Lagrange as 'Maria'
* Francis Renaud as 'Ange'
* Alexandra Gentil as 'Lisa'
* Alice Pol as 'Natalia'
* Didier Ferrari as 'Jacky'
* Laurence Colussi as 'Pina'
* lisabeth Vitali as 'Marie-Jeanne'
* Daniel Martin as 'The President of the Chess Club'
* Dominic Gould as 'L'Amricain'
* Jennifer Beals as 'L'Amricaine'
Awards
*2010: Special Mention for John Schlesinger Award for Outstanding First Feature Palm Springs International Film Festival
*2009: Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival
Release
The film had its world premiere on April 25, 2009 in both New York City and Los Angeles, at the Tribeca Film Festival[https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/512cd9581c7d76e0460000b8-queen-to-play Queen to Play] at Tribeca Film Guide Archive and the ColCoa Film Festival respectively. The national release in France was on August 5, 2009 and in Germany on January 7, 2010. The film is distributed in the U.S. by Zeitgeist Films and was released there on April 1, 2011.
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