Queen to Play
2009 film by Caroline Bottaro
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::summary 2009 film by Caroline Bottaro ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Queen to Play |
| image | QueenToPlay_poster.jpg |
| director | Caroline Bottaro |
| producer | Dominique Besnehard |
| Michel Feller | |
| Jean-Philippe Laroche | |
| Amelie Latscha | |
| screenplay | Caroline Bottaro |
| based_on | |
| starring | Sandrine Bonnaire |
| Kevin Kline | |
| Valérie Lagrange | |
| music | Nicola Piovani |
| cinematography | Jean-Claude Larrieu |
| editing | Tina Baz |
| studio | StudioCanal |
| distributor | Zeitgeist Films (USA) |
| released | |
| runtime | 96 minutes |
| country | France |
| language | French |
| :: |
| name = Queen to Play | image = QueenToPlay_poster.jpg | alt = | caption = | director = Caroline Bottaro | producer = Dominique Besnehard Michel Feller Jean-Philippe Laroche Amelie Latscha | screenplay = Caroline Bottaro | based_on = | starring = Sandrine Bonnaire Kevin Kline Valérie Lagrange | music = Nicola Piovani | cinematography = Jean-Claude Larrieu | editing = Tina Baz | studio = StudioCanal | distributor = Zeitgeist Films (USA) | released = | runtime = 96 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = | gross = 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 d’échecs 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 Hélène
- Kevin Kline as Kröger
- Valérie Lagrange as Maria
- Francis Renaud as Ange
- Alexandra Gentil as Lisa
- Alice Pol as Natalia
- Didier Ferrari as Jacky
- Laurence Colussi as Pina
- Élisabeth Vitali as Marie-Jeanne
- Daniel Martin as The President of the Chess Club
- Dominic Gould as L'Américain
- Jennifer Beals as L'Américaine
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 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.
References
References
- [https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/512cd9581c7d76e0460000b8-queen-to-play Queen to Play] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-04-19 at [[Tribeca Film Festival). Tribeca]] Film Guide Archive
- "ColCoa Film Festival 2009".
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