22
Nov
14:00
Studium Generale | Movie
The Dark Horse
Film based on the life of Maori speed-chess coach and player Genesis Potini, known as ‘Gen’. ‘Gen’ is a streetwise soul, whose preternatural understanding of chess seems intertwined with a streak of outcast ‘madness’.
Driven by the twin desires to honour his heritage and to make chess more accessible and democratic, Gen battles his bipolar demons to become involved in Gisborne’s Eastern Knights chess club, leading a disparate group of underprivileged kids to a national tournament in Auckland for a set piece as rousing as anything from Rocky.
Extra information
Tickets
Students €4 / Others €6
Reservations
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Movie information
James Napier Robertson, New-Zealand, 2014. 124 min., English spoken, Dutch subtitled.