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Capablanca

1987

A stately, melancholy period drama of chessboard duels and doomed romance, moving with the quiet tension of a long tournament game.

Directed by
Manuel Herrera
Genres
Drama
Starring
Galina Belyaeva, César Évora Díaz, Eslinda Núñez
Overview
1925. José Raúl Capablanca, a famous Cuban chess player and employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrives in Moscow for an international chess tournament. The trip, taking place under Machado's dictatorship, casts doubt on his future in this position. The film shows Capablanca's dramatic matches with Lasker, Tartakower, and Bogolubov, his tragic love for Bolshoi Theatre ballerina Sasha Mozhaeva, and a simultaneous game in which he lost to the very young Mikhail Botvinnik.

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Directed by
Manuel Herrera
Genres
Drama
Starring
Galina Belyaeva, César Évora Díaz, Eslinda Núñez
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • obsession
    • love
    • politics
    • identity
    • betrayal
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance5
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Manuel Herrera
    Written by
    Eliseo Alberto , Manuel Herrera, Dal Orlov
    Starring
    Galina Belyaeva, César Évora Díaz, Eslinda Núñez, Adolfo Llauradó, Boris Nevzorov, Javier Ávila, Marina Yakovleva, Beatriz Valdés
    Cinematography
    Igor Klebanov
    Country
    Cuba, Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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