
Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10 year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in the form of an irascible chess-master, who uses the game to teach Max lessons in resilience, perseverance, and how to embrace inevitable change.
Cast

Ralph Macchio
Tom Kuftinec

Janeane Garofalo
Sarah Kuftinec

F. Murray Abraham
Norman Wallach

Fatima Ptacek
Isabella Diaz

Kimberly Quinn
Laura Langer

Rachel Dratch
Aunt Diane

Olympia Dukakis
Yaya

Tovah Feldshuh
Blackstone Head of School

Oona Laurence
Becky Langer
Makenna Ballard
Max Kuftinec

Fina Strazza
Jez Kuftinec

Gabriel Rush
Jaden
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