“The Lady's Game”, a Netflix miniseries that tells about two decades of prowess and turpitude of a chess prodigy, has succeeded in intriguing both neophytes and masters of the discipline.
The 7 episodes of this creation of the streaming platform retrace the meteoric rise of a tormented young orphan and her exploits in the very masculine universe of the 1960s.
At only 24 years old, the actress Anya Taylor-Joy bursts the screen like neurotic chess champion.
For Renaud Baronian, journalist at Le Parisien, the complexity of the character played by the American-British actress has a lot to do with it: “We particularly hang on the heroine […] it's a portrait of a woman full of nuances.
He is neither black nor white but always in the gray zone ”.
A character always on the edge of the precipice who tries to resist his addictions to tranquilizers and alcohol.
Staggering moments that also serve as the setting.
While taking drugs, the heroine visualizes the chess board on the ceiling and plays mental parts materialized by huge pieces that move in rhythm.
Almost a detail in this series of "cinema-worthy photography that shows us the American revolution of the 1960s" "assures Yves Jaeglé, Culture journalist at Le Parisien.
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“It made chess exciting, enthuses Andreea-Cristiana Navrotescu, international chess master and six times French champion in the youth categories, there is such enthusiasm around the game at the moment.
I find that incredible ”.