The Dark Horse (The Dark Horse)ダークホース

Official Selections of Focus on Asia IFF Fukuoka
- Contry of Production
- New Zealand
- Year of Production
- 2014
- Running Time
- 124 mins
- Director
- JAMES NEPIER ROBERTSON
- Cast
- CLIFF CURTIS / JAMES ROLLESTON / KIRK TORRANCE / MIRIAMA MCDOWELL
- Category
- Status
- Completed
- Language(s)
- English
- Official Website
- www.thedarkhorsefilm.com
Synopsis
Once a local chess-champion, Genesis has spent the last few years in and out of mental institutions. On the condition that a family member takes care of him, Gen is released from the ward into the home of his estranged, gang-member brother, Ariki, and Ariki’s soon- to-be-patched son Mana, as well as an array of gang-members that frequent the house.
Needing a purpose and a reason to get out of the gang-pad, Gen joins a local chess club populated by displaced Gisborne youth. At his first club meeting, on a manic impulse, Gen announces that he is going to lead them to the National Chess championship tournament in Auckland in only six weeks time.
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実在したマオリ族のチェス・プレイヤー、ジェネシス・ポティーニを主人公に描く情熱的なドラマ。ジェネシスは地方のチェス・チャンピオンだったが、精神を患い入院していた。退院後、ギャングがたむろする兄弟の家で生活するが、そんな荒れた日々から何とか脱出したいと模索していた彼は、地域の子どもたちにチェスを教えるクラブを開設する。そして、わずか6週間後に開催される全国大会に彼らを出場させると公言した…。
Screening Schedule
9/20(Sun)16:10~(124mins)@United Cinema Canal City 13
9/23(Wed)13:00~(124mins)@United Cinema Canal City 13
9/24(Thu)19:00~(124mins)@United Cinema Canal City 13
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