The Island Within (2020)

Seymour Tahirbekov is an international chess grandmaster from Azerbaijan. Having won the Candidates Tournament, Seymour earns the right to challenge the defending world champion Skroten Gudmonson in the World Chess Championship match. With a few weeks left before the championship match, Seymour’s psychological and emotional state deteriorates under escalating abuse and pressure to succeed by any means.

Released Nov. 13, 2020 79 min None+

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.father-son, imdb.chess, imdb.azerbaijan, imdb.hermit, tmdb.chess, tmdb.freedom + 2 more, tmdb.mental-peace, tmdb.father-son-relationship

Production Companies: Arizona Films, Debut Film Studios, Azerbaijanfilm

Country: Azerbaijan
Production Countries: Azerbaijan, France
Languages: English, Azerbaijani