Queen to Play (2009)
• August 5th, 2009 • 1h 37min
Comedy, Drama
Overview
Hélène, a housekeeper at a ritzy hotel in Corsica, is devoted to her family but lacks any passion in her own life. When she sees a handsome couple play a passionate game of chess, she becomes inspired to play herself. Hélène's working-class husband and spoiled daughter are soon bewildered by her obsession with chess. They also grow suspicious of Hélène's close relationship with Dr. Kröger, her eccentric American expat tutor.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Shackled
Released on: 2012-08-10
Drama, Thriller
Held captive by a circus, Malu is frantically rescued from her shackles by her husband. As she waits...
Kolossale Liebe
Released on: 1984-05-30
Drama
Berlin 1808. A young, immature student who considers himself a poet, August Varnhagen, enters the fa...
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Released on: 2003-04-23
Drama
In Italy, immediately subsequent to the war, a group of people who lost all they possessed during th...
She's No Angel
Released on: 2002-03-04
Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
A drama and thriller story of a young woman who has suffered great abuse as a girl and who finds hap...
A Dad for Christmas
Released on: 2006-12-03
Drama
Matt, a 19-year-old student, goes to the hospital to see his newborn son. He learns his girlfriend p...
Liberty Stands Still
Released on: 2002-01-18
Thriller, Action, Drama
As the heir and current marketing director for one of the nation's biggest gun manufacturers, Libert...
Violation
Released on: 2020-09-14
Horror, Thriller, Drama
A troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But wh...
180 Degree Rule
Released on: 2020-09-14
Drama
A school teacher from Tehran is preparing to attend a wedding in northern Iran. When her husband sud...
Un grand cri d'amour
Released on: 1998-01-07
Comedy
A famous couple is going on stage after ten years of separation and hate.
Uvanga
Released on: 2013-11-14
Drama
Anna is nervous when she and her son, Tomas, arrive in the small, close-knit community of Igloolik, ...
Pepperminta
Released on: 2009-09-05
Drama
Pepperminta is an anarchist of the imagination. She lives in a futuristic rainbow villa and accordin...
Don't Blame Karma on What Happens to You for Being an Asshole
Released on: 2016-11-11
Comedy, Romance
The lives of a Madrid-based feather-fashion designer and her whole family's completely tumbles after...
The Holiday
Released on: 2006-12-08
Comedy, Romance
Two women, one from the United States and one from the United Kingdom, swap homes at Christmas time ...
Copying Beethoven
Released on: 2006-09-10
Drama
A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It ...
Nowhere in Africa
Released on: 2001-12-11
Drama
A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband...
When Saturday Comes
Released on: 1996-03-01
Drama
Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down...
A Real Young Girl
Released on: 1976-01-01
Drama
Bored and restless, Alice spends much of her time lusting after Jim, a local sawmill worker. When no...
Forces of Nature
Released on: 1999-03-12
Romance, Comedy
Ben Holmes, a professional book-jacket blurbologist, is trying to get to Savannah for his wedding. H...
MURDER and murder
Released on: 1996-09-10
Drama, Romance
Mildred and Doris are two middle-aged white women, from very different backgrounds, who become lover...
Egg
Released on: 2016-07-21
Comedy
‘Egg’ is an absurd comedy about friendship and expecting the unexpected. Ivy and Margaret meet for ...