La Regina Degli Scacchi


1h 38m 2001

Brief Synopsis

Maria Adele, a 17-year-old champion, soon learns that life, like chess, requires strategy for survival. When her prowess at the game earns an interview and journalist Emilio requests a childhood photo, she searches through her deceased mother's belongings and discovers she was adopted. Her confident

Film Details

Also Known As
Check and Mate, Regina Degli Scacchi
Genre
Drama
Release Date
2001

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 38m

Synopsis

Maria Adele, a 17-year-old champion, soon learns that life, like chess, requires strategy for survival. When her prowess at the game earns an interview and journalist Emilio requests a childhood photo, she searches through her deceased mother's belongings and discovers she was adopted. Her confident reality is challenged as a neurotic inner life emerges in search of identity. When she discovers that Emilio is really more interested in her mentor, Sterlizia, whom he believes conceals a dark past, she must play the strategy of deceit in the most challenging game of her life.

Film Details

Also Known As
Check and Mate, Regina Degli Scacchi
Genre
Drama
Release Date
2001

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 38m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in Italy March 2001

Shown at Nortel Networks Palm Springs International Film Festival January 11-22, 2001.

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Released in Italy March 2001