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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1996 - 27 July.4 August

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LONG LIVE THE QUEEN

Category: Edition 1996

Synopsis
Sara's (Tiba Tossijn) estranged father (Derek de Lint) is a chess champion, so she decides to take up chess as well. While learning, she retreats into an imaginary world where a headstrong White Queen (Monique van de Ven), bored with her lackadaisical husband, the White King (Jack Wouterse), teaches Sara chess using her fantastical friends as living pieces. Sara tries to use her newfound skills from the "world" of chess to reunite her father and her mother (Lisa de Rooy).

Original Title Lang leve de Koningin
Italian Title Lunga vita alla regina
Category Official Competition
Section Childhood screens
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 118'
Production Year 1995
Nationality Netherlands
Directed by Esmé Lammers
Screenplay Esmé Lammers
Music Paul M. van Brugge
Main cast Maya van den Broecke, Lisa De Rooy, Cas Enklaar

 regista esmé lammersESMÉ LAMMERS

Esmé Lammers was born on June 9, 1958 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She is a director and writer, known for Lang leve de koningin (1995). She is married to Dick Maas.