Name: The Queen's Gambit
Genre: Drama, Thriller

The Queen's Gambit

Category

TV Series

Genre

Drama,Thriller

MPAA Rating

Seasons

1 minute(s)

Production Co

Flitcraft Ltd., Wonderful Films

Distributor

Netflix

Official Site

http://www.netflix.com/title/80234304

Cast and Crew

Director

Scott Frank

Starring

Anya Taylor-Joy as Thomasin
Bill Camp
Marielle Heller
Thomas Sangster as Craig Shergold
Moses Ingram
Harry Melling
Isla Johnston
Christiane Seidel
Rebecca Root
Chloe Pirrie
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd

Synopsis

Based on the novel by Walter Tevis, the Netflix limited series drama "The Queen's Gambit" is a coming-of-age story that explores the true cost of genius.

Abandoned and entrusted to a Kentucky orphanage in the late 1950s, a young Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) discovers an astonishing talent for chess while developing an addiction to tranquilizers provided by the state as a sedative for the children. Haunted by her personal demons and fueled by a cocktail of narcotics and obsession, Beth transforms into an impressively skilled and glamorous outcast while determined to conquer the traditional boundaries established in the male-dominated world of competitive chess.