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2009 film by Caroline Bottaro

Queen to Play
Directed by Caroline Bottaro
Screenplay by Caroline Bottaro
Based on _La Joueuse d’échecs_by Bertina Henrichs
Produced by Dominique BesnehardMichel FellerJean-Philippe LarocheAmelie Latscha
Starring Sandrine BonnaireKevin KlineValérie Lagrange
Cinematography Jean-Claude Larrieu
Edited by Tina Baz
Music by Nicola Piovani
Productioncompany StudioCanal
Distributed by Zeitgeist Films (USA)
Release date August 5, 2009 (2009-08-05) (France)
Running time 96 minutes
Country France
Language French

Queen to Play (original title Joueuse, the feminine form of “player”) is a 2009 French-German film directed by Caroline Bottaro. It is based on the novel La Joueuse d’échecs by Bertina Henrichs.

The film stars Sandrine Bonnaire as a French chambermaid on the island of Corsica. She develops an interest in chess. She has been cleaning the house of an American doctor (played by Kevin Kline in his first French-speaking role), and he begins helping her practice and improve. She must deal with her growing fascination with the game and with her husband and teenaged daughter.

The film had its world premiere on April 25, 2009 in both New York City and Los Angeles, at the Tribeca Film Festival[1] and the ColCoa Film Festival[2] respectively. The national release in France was on August 5, 2009 and in Germany on January 7, 2010. The film is distributed in the U.S. by Zeitgeist Films and was released there on April 1, 2011.

  1. ↑ Queen to Play Archived 2016-04-19 at the Wayback Machine at Tribeca Film Guide Archive
  2. ↑ "ColCoa Film Festival 2009". Archived from the original on September 30, 2009. Retrieved October 18, 2009.