Synopsis
Once a chess-champion, Genesis has spent last years in mental institutions. On the condition that a relative takes care of him, Gen is released into the home of his gang-member brother Ariki and Ariki’s son Mana. Not long after Gen joins a chess club full of youth. At his first meeting he announces that he’ll lead them to the National Chess championship. As Gen and the club quest towards the tournament, Ariki kicks him out onto the streets after Mana shows an interest in the chess club, a distraction that could jeopardise his patching into the gang. Despite promising that he’ll stay away from Mana, Gen succumbs to his pleas to teach him chess and invites him into the club, as long as it stays their secret, but Ariki finds out all and pulls Mana from the club, and soon the other parents do the same. Gen will try his best to keep hope for himself and the kids alive. From a true story.