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.
Acting
Darío Grandinetti's quiet intensity carries every scene.
Writing
Brilliant metaphor of chess as coded revolution.
Director
Alberto Lecchi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Loosely inspired by real Latin American political prisoners who used coded communication to organize resistance movements.
The fictional game 'El Juego de Arcibel' was so detailed that the production actually created playable rules — cast members reportedly played between takes.
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