Locarno: 'Attenberg' Director Returns with Another Twisted Gender Comedy, 'Chevalier'

Athina Rachel Tsangari, one in the new wave of Greek filmmakers that includes Yorgos Lanthimos (whose Cannes entry "The Lobster" will play the New York Film Festival) returns with Locarno competition premiere "Chevalier." Her flippant comedy "Attenberg," from 2010, was a dark treat about a sexually precocious young woman obsessed with wildlife documentaries. This time she skewers male one-upmanship as a group of pals on a yacht fishing and diving vacation agree to compete in a game of grading everything about each other; the winner will accrue the most points at the end of the trip. They take this contest so seriously (as do their support staff) that they...

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