Queen to PlayDirected by Caroline Bottaro
Produced by Mon Voisin Productions
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 1 h 37 min
French release : 05/08/2009
Production year : 2008
DirectorActorsSynopsisIn a small Corsican village, Hélène's life is made up of days that follow one after the other, all of them the same. This unassuming, discreet woman works as a housemaid in a hotel and seems happy with her husband, Ange, and their fifteen-year-old daughter, Lisa. Her modest and monotonous life seems entirely mapped out. Everything changes the day when, going about her work, she comes across a young, very attractive American couple playing chess on a hotel balcony. Initially intrigued, then completely crazy about the game, Hélène obstinately puts everything into place to master the rules of chess to a level of excellence. She can count on the assistance of Doctor Kröger, a mysterious inhabitant of the village. But this positive metamorphosis toward a new freedom doesn't occur without profoundly modifying Hélène's relationships with her family, friends, and the other village inhabitants. Production photos (8)
Posters gallery (3)Press book (2)Production and distributionAssociate production company : Mon Voisin Productions
Co-production : France 2 Cinéma
Film export/Foreign Sales : Studiocanal
French distribution : Studiocanal
Full creditsExecutive Producers : Dominique Besnehard, Michel Feller
Assistant Director : Julien Zidi
Author of original work : Bertina Henrichs
Screenwriters : Caroline Bottaro, Caroline Maly
Director of Photography : Jean-Claude Larrieu
Sound Recordists : Erwan Kerzanet, Sélim Azzazi, Emmanuel Croset
Production Manager : Rémi Bergman
Press Attaché (film) : François Hassan Guerrar
Editor : Tina Baz Le Gal
Production Designer : Emmanuel de Chauvigny
Music Composer : Nicola Piovani
Casting : Tatiana Vialle
Costume Designer : Dorothée Guiraud
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Production language : French
Nationality : Majority French (France, Germany)
Production year : 2008
French release : 05/08/2009
Runtime : 1 h 37 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 119.395
Visa issue date : 02/07/2009
Approval : Yes
Production formats :
35mm
Screening format :
35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.85
Sound format : Dolby SR
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