Queen To Play (2009)

QUEEN TO PLAY  (2009)  ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Caroline Bottaro
    Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline, Francis Renaud,
    Alexandra Gentil, Alice Pol, Jennifer Beals
A bored, middle-aged housekeeper (Sandrine Bonnaire) comes to life when she discovers she has a passion for chess and an unusual talent for playing it. Kevin Kline, speaking French, plays the reclusive doctor who teaches her the game, while her husband (Francis Renaud) struggles to keep his blue-collar job, and their daughter (Alexandra Gentil) struggles with growing up. The story itself is a little like a chess game, and Bottaro takes an interesting approach to the matches, pointing the camera at the faces of the players rather than the moves on the board. Filmed on the island of Corsica, and if this movie doesn't make you want to go there, nothing will.