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We give you four reasons to get hooked on the Netflix miniseries about a young chess player
'Gambit de dama' is composed of 7 chapters and adapts a novel written in 1983 by Walter Tevis
ANYA TAYLOR-JOY IS A STAR TO WATCH
Anya Taylor-Joy.
If you don't know her, it's about time, because we are facing an actress who has everything going for her to become a great star.
Yes, it is not anymore ... We
discovered
Taylor-Joy, who has turned 24
, in 2015 in the disturbing psychological horror film
The Witch
: A New England Legend
.
And since then it hasn't stopped.
She went through Spain
to shoot
Marrowbone's Secret
and this girl, who speaks Spanish very well, has shared shots with Kate Mara (
Morgan
), James McAvoy (
Multiple
) and Bill Nighy (
Emma
).
Anya Taylor-Joy plays Beth Harmon, the protagonist of the miniseries.
After seeing her a few months ago in
The New Mutants
, her next film premieres will be
Madame Curie
, directed by Marjane Satrapi, the thriller
Last Night in Soho
and the adventure film
The Northman
, alongside Nicole Kidman.
In
Lady's Gambit
, this girl born in Miami in 1996, expresses more with her silences and her
huge and hypnotic eyes
than with dialogue.
And she convinces as a fragile teenager suddenly maturing in a world dominated by men.
It is hard to imagine that your hairstyle is no longer a claim in hairdressers.
YOU WILL SEE CHESS LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN IT
Some experienced chess players confirm what the rest of us suspected: the
games we see on screen are real.
This is confirmed by this article in
The New York Times
in which an expert analyzes the successes and errors of the series.
Obviously, the licenses that the creators have taken have been to make the story more agile.
In case anyone still has doubts about the seriousness with which those responsible have approached this world, we only have to say that they have been
advised
by
Garry Kasparov himself
, former world champion and Grand Master, as well as a writer and politician, and Bruce Pandolfini, an expert coach.
Whoever does not know everything about chess is still encouraged and stands in front of a board with 64 squares.
Or to talk about Sicilian Defense and the Lady's Gambit.
And, no,
Beth Harmon has never existed.
Vasily Borgov (Marcin Dorocinski) is the 'black beast' and Beth's great rival.
A STORY THAT GOES BEYOND SPORTS
The series is centered on chess.
But he's not just talking about chess.
Psychological drama would be a good label if we look at the eventful life of Beth Harmon, the protagonist of a story that takes place from 1958 to 1968. In that period we see Beth lost in an orphanage after her mother passed away, we attended her first lessons courses taught by the janitor (Bill Camp) and, little by little,
how he starts in chess until he reaches the top
: the world chess championship.
At the same time, Beth's personal life is full of shocks, from her adoption by a singular couple to her friendship with boys, to her
addiction to drugs and alcohol.
Beth gets lost with alcohol and drugs.
It is at this last point that the sensitivity of Allan Scott (
DARYL
,
The Preacher's Wife
) and Allan Scott (
Minority Report
,
Logan
)
must be praised
for not falling into clichés and showing a helpless girl.
The image given of Beth is that of someone who has grown up without parental references, who is suspicious of men because they feel they are superior and who has a special gift (playing chess well) in which she turns all her thoughts.
The
role of women in marriage or racial inequality
in the US appear at key moments in the plot.
As a curiosity,
Lady's Gambit
was going to have been directed by Heath Ledger (yes, the Joker from
The Dark Knight
) and starred Ellen Page.
Ledger's death truncated the project.
Alma (Marielle Heller) and her daughter Beth (Anya Taylor-Joy).
LUXURY IN FASHION AND INTERIOR DESIGN
The series takes place in the 60s and it is a
delight for the viewer's eyes to see how the details have been taken care of.
Not only when it comes to finding indoor locations "that look like the 60s" but also outdoors.
The story reflects what North America was like in those years and extends its range of action to Mexico City, Paris and the Soviet Union, with more or less successful virtual sets.
Also praiseworthy is the carousel of dresses and shoes that Beth exhibits in her social events when she begins to raise money as a result of the tournaments won.
Beth (Anya Taylor-Joy) walks 'in style' through Moscow.
Anyone can spend hours and hours from home looking at checkered prints and flats thanks to the virtual exhibition that the Brooklyn Museum has opened.
In it is part of that spectacular display and we must add the costumes used in the series
The Crown
.
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