Movie

Time Trouble

1985 · 53 min

A quiet, pressure-cooker chamber piece where two troubled minds circle each other over a chessboard, more about inner crisis than the game itself.

Overview: A child chess prodigy from Liverpool plays the Russian world champion, at a time of crisis in both their lives.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, coming-of-age, identity, isolation
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
coming-of-age
identity
isolation
ambition
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild