Draft:La partie d'échecs

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La partie d'échecs
Directed byYves Hanchar
Written byYves Hanchar
Josiane Morand
Produced byPascal Judelewicz
StarringPierre Richard
Denis Lavant
Catherine Deneuve
James Wilby
CinematographyDenis Lenoir
Edited byLaurent Uhler
Music byFrédéric Devreese
Production
companies
CAB Productions
France 3 Cinéma
Les Films de l'Etang
Les Films des Tournelles
Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF)
Distributed byRézo Films
United International Pictures
Release date
  • 19 October 1994 (1994-10-19)
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesFrance
Belgium
Switzerland
LanguageFrench

The Chess Game is a 1994 French film directed by Yves Hanchar.

The film won the Grand Prix for Best Film at Film Fest Gent in 1994.

Synopsis[edit]

In 1928, Max, a roaming, suicidal child of twelve, meets Ambraoise, a disillusioned pastor. The young boy turns out to be a genius at the game of chess. They set off together to conquer the title of world chess champion. Fourteen years later, Mas has become a taciturn, strange, powdered dandy. With Ambroise, his trainer and protector, still at his side. Mas is confronted with the most condescending champion at that time, Lord Stauton, during a very suspicious tournament organized by the Marquise de Theux. A woman so consumed by her passion for game of chess that she will give her daughter, the ravishing Anne-Lise, to the winner of the tournament. In the elegant gardens of the chateau de Theux, a game full of intrigue and betrayal is about to unfold. In a dark world, where the game doesn't end on the board, the protagonists risk their lives and their souls.[1]

  1. ^ "The Chess Game de Yves Hanchar (1994) - Unifrance".