Tonight at a glance
- Length
- 1 season · 7 episodes
- Status
- Miniseries
- Age rating
- TV-MA
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- One season, and then it ends — a story with a last episode, not a habit.
- One of the best-reviewed series Cue holds.
The story
In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.
- chess
- based on novel or book
- kentucky
- female friendship
- addiction
- orphanage
- coming of age
- miniseries
- orphan
- historical
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Sergio Di Zio
- Dolores Carbonari
- Jonjo O'Neill
- Madeline Holliday
- Alexander Berdichevsky
- Jenny Galloway
- Sophie McShera
- Steffen Mennekes
- Johannes Franke
- Ilja Roßbander
- Samantha Soule
- Directed
- Scott Frank
- Created
- Scott Frank, Allan Scott
- Written
- Scott Frank
Production
- Rating
- 8.4 / 10 · 5,673 ratings
- Network & studio
- Netflix, Flitcraft, Wonderful Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
