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Eight-year-old Fahim arrives in Paris from Bangladesh with his father. Fahim is a promising chess player and his talent is immediately recognised by one of the top French coaches, Sylvain Charpentier (Gérard Depardieu). But while Charpentier prepares Fahim for the junior French championship, Fahim’s father struggles in vain to obtain legal immigrant status. This heartfelt drama is based on the true story of the French-Bangladeshi chess player and, since 2017, FIDE master Fahim Mohammad.
(Copy written by Anna Kopecká)
Presented in association with the French Embassy in Ireland.
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- Year2019
- Runtime107 minutes
- LanguageFrench
- CountryFrance
- NoteSubtitled
- DirectorPierre Francois Martin-Laval
- ScreenwriterFrancine Cathelain
- ProducerPatrick Godeau
- CastIsabelle Nanty, Gerard Depardieu, Assad Ahmed
- CinematographerRegis Blondeau
- ComposerPascal Lengagne
We all love great films, so please help to protect content and support artists by saying no to piracy. Please note that it is illegal to copy, distribute, show in public, rebroadcast or share any film showing at CIFF2020 and our platform has content protection monitoring in place.
Eight-year-old Fahim arrives in Paris from Bangladesh with his father. Fahim is a promising chess player and his talent is immediately recognised by one of the top French coaches, Sylvain Charpentier (Gérard Depardieu). But while Charpentier prepares Fahim for the junior French championship, Fahim’s father struggles in vain to obtain legal immigrant status. This heartfelt drama is based on the true story of the French-Bangladeshi chess player and, since 2017, FIDE master Fahim Mohammad.
(Copy written by Anna Kopecká)
Presented in association with the French Embassy in Ireland.
Films You Might Also Like
- Year2019
- Runtime107 minutes
- LanguageFrench
- CountryFrance
- NoteSubtitled
- DirectorPierre Francois Martin-Laval
- ScreenwriterFrancine Cathelain
- ProducerPatrick Godeau
- CastIsabelle Nanty, Gerard Depardieu, Assad Ahmed
- CinematographerRegis Blondeau
- ComposerPascal Lengagne
