“A game can change history.”
A chess columnist ends in prison when one of his columns is mistakenly seen as a subversive attack. From there he invents a game of war and strategy and a cellmate who escapes uses it initiating a real revolution.
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Cast
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Darío Grandinetti
Arcibel Alegría
Known for
Maradona, Blessed Dream
Talk to Her
Diego Torres
Pablo
Known for
Super Crazy
Alberto Lecchi
Daniel García Molt
Pablo E. Bossi
Also in
We're No Animals
Juan Echanove
El Rengo
Known for
The Legend of El Cid
The Flower of My Secret
Carola Carter
Juan Diego
Palacios
Known for
Paco's Men
Jamon Jamon
Martin Cortés
Rebecca Cobos
Rosalinda
Also in
Black Serenade
The Maidens' Conspiracy
Alex Doll
Juan Diego Alvira
Palacios
Alberto Lecchi Director · Alejandro Alem Editor
Worldwide gross $47K · United States release October 25, 2004 · Produced in Argentina
Box office
Worldwide gross
$46,512
Production
Argentina
Produced in
Languages
Original title
El juego de Arcibel
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Argentina · May 29, 2003
Theatrical
United States · October 25, 2004
Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, California
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