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Queen to Play (2009)
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Original name: Joueuse
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In a small Corsican village, the life of Hélène, ordinary and single, She works as a maid in a hotel and is married happily with her Husband Ange and her fifteen year-old daughter. Her modest and monotonous life seems to be predetermined... One day while cleaning a hotel room, she meets a young, seductive, American couple which is playing a game of chess. First fascinated and then passionate about the game, Hélène learns with great tenacity she studies the rule of the game to perfection. She can count on Dr. Kröger, who is a mysterious inhabitant, to help her to achieve her goals. But this positive transition towards a liberty for Hélène does not go about without deeply changing her relationship with family, friends and inhabitants of the village.
Style:
touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, profound
Plot:
chess, midlife crisis, hopes, family relations, island, follow your dream, couples, self discovery, obsession, parents and children, strong female presence, unfulfillment, couple relations, dull life, game, summer, bicycle, village, ship, painter, artist, illness, birthday, house, jealousy ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, europe, corsica, american
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, emotional, touching
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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