Joueuse [videorecording] / Mon Voisin productions et Blueprint Film présentent, en coproduction avec Studio Canal et France 2 Cinéma ... [et al.] ; scénario, adaptation, dialogues de Caroline Bottaro en collaboration avec Caroline Maly ; produit par Dominique Besnehard et Michel Feller ; un film de Caroline Bottaro.
Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline, Francis Renaud, Jennifer Beals. Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. Based on the novel La joueuse d'échecs, by Bertina Henrichs. Special features: Le Making of Joueuse: a behind the scenes documentary featuring interviews with actors and director (20 min.) ; U.S. theatrical trailer.
Summary:
"Lovely and quietly intelligent, French chambermaid Hélène ... comes upon a couple ... engaged in an intensely sensual chess match and discovers she has a knack for the game. This obsession, much to the chagrin of her husband and teenage daughter, leads her to seek the clandestine tutelage of a reclusive American doctor ... a liaison that radically transforms both of their lackluster lives"--Container.
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