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On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 67% based on 6 reviews, with an average score of 7.3/10. [2] The movie's exploration of personal and political issues against the backdrop of a high-stakes chess match was particularly lauded. The film's themes of identity, ambition, and loyalty were also widely praised.
Nothing to Hide (French: Le Jeu, lit. 'The Game' French pronunciation: [lə ʒø]) is a 2018 French dramatic comedy film written and directed by Fred Cavayé, adapted from the 2016 Italian film Perfect Strangers by Paolo Genovese.
Critical Thinking is a 2020 American biographical drama film based on the true story of the 1998 Miami Jackson High School chess team, the first inner-city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.
“This World Chess Championship was unique because it was the first match between two of the world’s biggest powers at the time, the biggest human power of intelligence, and the most powerful ...
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 ...
This is why even I was surprised when Netflix's new period drama about chess, of all things, sucked me in from its opening moments. The Queen's Gambit, based on the 1983 novel of the same by ...
Netflix has set Xavier Gens’ (“Gangs of London”) untitled Paris-set genre movie starring Bérénice Bejo (“The Artist“) and Nassim Lyes (“Overdose”) as its next French film original.
Pawn Sacrifice is a 2014 American biographical psychological drama film about Bobby Fischer, a chess grandmaster and the eleventh world champion.It follows Fischer's challenge against top Soviet chess grandmasters during the Cold War and culminating in the World Chess Championship 1972 match versus Boris Spassky in Reykjavík, Iceland.