Film Korsika'da geçer. Orta yaşlı, eşi ve çocuguyla birlikte hayat süren bir oda hizmetçisi olan Helen, bir gün bir çiftin satranç oynamasını izler ve bu satranç tutkusu hayatını degiştirecektir.

Satranç Kraliçesi

Max is single, ophthalmologist, and a real mama's boy. Until she suddenly dies. Max should be devastated, yet he seems to be coping well. Too well. He actually still sees her, talks to her. She is not gone, still here, still close to her beloved baby boy. Max knows she is dead, yet he holds on to this impossible reality. Until he starts sharing his office with Ohiana, a shrink who he slowly falls in love with. Mom is not going to like it.