CHECK AND MATE
synopsis
Seventeen year old Maria Adele, pretty and intelligent, has a knack for chess. She's got the makings of a real champion.
Watching her playing expertly on five different checkerboards at the same time, Emilio, a young journalist seeks her out for an interview. Searching among her deceased mother's belongings for a childhood photograph, Maria Adele realises that she's been adopted. Yet Emilio’s real aim is not the girl...
international title: | CHECK AND MATE |
original title: | LA REGINA DEGLI SCACCHI |
country: | Italy |
year: | 2000 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Claudia Florio |
film run: | 93' |
screenplay: | Claudia Florio |
cast: | Barbora Bobulova, Toni Bertorelli, Ettore Bassi, Massimo De Rossi, Felice Andreasi, Valeria D'Obici |
cinematography by: | Luciano Tovoli |
film editing: | Alessio Mazzoni |
art director: | Bruno Cesari |
costumes designer: | Lia Francesca Morandini |
music: | Luis Enrìquez Bacalov |
producer: | Giovanni Schettini |
production: | Arcipelago Cinematografica |
backing: | Dipartimento dello Spettacolo |
distributor: | Làntia Cinema & Audiovisivi |