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The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Based on the novel by US author Walter Tevis, The Queen’s Gambit stars Anya Taylor-Joy as a young chess prodigy in the Fifties and Sixties. One of the most immediate themes in The Queen’s Gambit is the internalisation, or repression, of women’s emotion – whether that involves hysteria, passion, anger or lust. Beth’s depressed adoptive mother plays piano compositions by French composer Erik Satie. In The Queen’s Gambit, Beth’s early opponents become her friends, later cheering her on and supporting her in the moments she needs it most.
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