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2009 film by Caroline Bottaro
Queen to Play
Directed byCaroline Bottaro
Screenplay byCaroline Bottaro
Based onLa Joueuse d’échecs
by Bertina Henrichs
Produced byDominique Besnehard
Michel Feller
Jean-Philippe Laroche
Amelie Latscha
StarringSandrine Bonnaire
Kevin Kline
Valérie Lagrange
CinematographyJean-Claude Larrieu
Edited byTina Baz
Music byNicola Piovani
Production
company		StudioCanal
Distributed byZeitgeist Films (USA)
Release date
  • August 5, 2009 (2009-08-05) (France)
Running time96 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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

Awards

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

  1. Queen to Play at Tribeca Film Guide Archive
  2. "ColCoa Film Festival 2009". Archived from the original on September 30, 2009. Retrieved October 18, 2009.

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