Challengers
(2024)
★ 6.9 IMDb · 2,836 votes
Year: 2024
Runtime: 131 мин
Country: Italy, United States of America
Director: Лука Гуаданьино
Cast: Зендея, Майк Файст, Джош О'Коннор, Дарнелл Эпплинг, Брайан Ду, Шейн Т Харрис, Нада Деспотович, Джоан Макшейн, Крис Фаулер, Mary Joe Fernández
Plot
Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Major champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a "Challenger" event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.
"Challengers", from visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy-turned-coach and a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Tashi is married to a champion on a losing streak (Mike Faist of "West Side Story") and her strategy for her husband's redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against washed-up Patrick (Josh O'Connor of "The Crown")--his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend. As their pasts and presents collide and tensions run high, Tashi must ask herself what winning will cost.