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The Queen's Gambit (2020)
Based on the novel by Walter Tevis, the Netflix limited series drama The Queen's Gambit is a coming-of-age story that explores the actual cost of genius. Abandoned and entrusted to a Kentucky orphanage in the late 1950s, a young Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) discovers an astonishing talent for chess. Haunted by her personal demons and fueled by a cocktail of narcotics and obsession, Beth transforms into an impressively skilled and glamorous outcast, determined to conquer the traditional boundaries established in the male-dominated world of competitive chess.
The Queen's Gambit
- Cast
- Anya Taylor-Joy , Moses Ingram , Marcin Dorocinski , Akemnji Ndifornyen , Jacob Fortune-Lloyd , Rebecca Root , Christiane Seidel , Harry Melling , Patrick Kennedy , Bill Camp , Isla Johnston , Thomas Brodie-Sangster , Chloe Pirrie , Marielle Heller
- Release Date
- October 23, 2020
- Seasons
- 1
- Writers
- Scott Frank
- Directors
- Scott Frank
- Showrunner
- Scott Frank
- Story By
- scott frank
Summary
Based on the novel by Walter Tevis, the Netflix limited series drama The Queen's Gambit is a coming-of-age story that explores the actual cost of genius. Abandoned and entrusted to a Kentucky orphanage in the late 1950s, a young Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) discovers an astonishing talent for chess. Haunted by her personal demons and fueled by a cocktail of narcotics and obsession, Beth transforms into an impressively skilled and glamorous outcast, determined to conquer the traditional boundaries established in the male-dominated world of competitive chess.
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