Joueuse (Queen To Play)
Joueuse (Queen To Play) 1h, 37min
Director:Caroline Bottaro, 2009
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline, Françis Renaud, Jennifer Beals, Valérie Lagrange, Alexandre Gentil, Alice Pol, Elisabeth Vitali, Dominic Gould, Daniel Martin
In a small village in Corsica, Hélène’s life, quiet and discreet, is but a day after another, all the same… A chamber maid in a hotel, she seems happy with Ange and Lisa, her husband and 15-year-old daughter. Her life seemed already written… Her modest fate changes one day when, as she makes up a hotel room, her attention is grabbed by a young American couple, in love and attractive, who are playing chess on the
terrace. Suddenly fascinated with the free and sensual communication that their relationship evokes, she takes a keen interest in chess. Hélène will do everything, obstinately, to master the rules of this game until she becomes excellent at it. She can count on the help from Mr. Kröger, a mysterious village resident, to support her in this metamorphosis, to find her freedom and her identity as a woman.
