France, 1936-37. The Popular Front wins elections, the Spanish Civil War begins, and Hitler and Stalin are manipulating and spying. The brilliant exile, Fiodor Voronin, a general at 20, is the deputy at the White Russian Military Union, probably slated to replace the aging G�n�ral Dobrinsky soon. Fiodor's Greek wife, Arsino�, paints and stays away from politics, befriending Communist neighbors. Her health declines; the attentive Fiodor arranges care and, against the backdrop of Stalin's Great Purge, considers his options. He plays a chess game in which love of country, love of Arsino�, ideology, petty jealousies, and the machinations of power roil in matters of life and death.

Starring:

Katerina Didaskalou, Serge Renko, Cyrielle Clair, Grigori Manoukov, Dimitri Rafalsky, Nathalia Krougly, Amanda Langlet, Jeanne Rambur, Emmanuel Salinger, Vitalyi Cheremet, Bernard Peysson, Laurent Le Doyen, Emilie Fourrier, Alexandre Koltchak, Vladimir L�on

Genre:

Drama, Thriller