The Chess Game
Synopsis
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.
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Director (1)
Actors (11)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Les Films des Tournelles
- Co-production : France 3 Cinéma
- Foreign production companies : Les Films de l'Étang, RTBF - Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française, Cab Productions, Eloïse Production
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pyramide International
- French distribution : Rezo Films
Full credits (18)
- Executive Producers : Anne-Dominique Toussaint, Pascal Judelewicz
- Screenwriters : Patrick Bonte, Yves Hanchar
- Director of Photography : Denis Lenoir
- Music Composer : Frédéric Devreese
- Editor : Laurent Uhler
- Sound Recordist : Olivier Hespel
- Costume designer : Suzanne Van Well
- Foreign producers : Jean-Louis Porchet, Jacqueline Pierreux, Gérard Ruey
- Sound Assistant : Christian Monheim
- Camera Operator : Rémon Fromont
- Production managers : Raymond Spartacus, Serge Gauthier
- Press Attaché (film) : Isabelle Sauvanon
- Sound Editor : Philippe Bourgueil
- Assistant editor : Sophie Vermersch
- Production Designer : Pierre-François Limbosch
- Sound Mixer : Philippe Baudhuin
- Still Photographer : Marc Detiffe
- Unit Production Managers : Claude Azoulay, Vincent Dechêne
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Belgium, Switzerland, France
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Minority French (Belgium, Switzerland, France)
- Production year : 1994
- French release : 19/10/1994
- Runtime : 1 h 50 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 83.744
- Visa issue date : 30/09/1994
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby SR
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