• Drama
• Romance

Challengers 2024

Directed by Luca Guadagnino, Challengers (2024) is a high-stakes romantic sports drama that explores a complex 13-year love triangle between three tennis players: Tashi Duncan (Zendaya), Art Donaldson (Mike Faist), and Patrick Zweig (Josh O'Connor). The plot centers on a "Challenger" tournament match in New Rochelle, where Art, a Grand Slam champion struggling with a losing streak and fading confidence, faces off against Patrick, his former best friend and Tashi’s ex-boyfriend who is now a "washed-up" player living out of his car. Tashi, a former tennis prodigy whose own career was ended by a catastrophic knee injury, now serves as Art's coach and wife, vicariously living through his success. Through a non-linear narrative, the film reveals their shared history—from a teenage tryst in a hotel room to Patrick and Tashi's volatile past relationship—culminating in a final match where professional rivalry and unresolved sexual tension explode on the court. The film ends on an electric, ambiguous note as Art and Patrick finally reconnect through the "real" tennis they are playing, much to Tashi's ecstatic approval. The film features a lean but powerful cast, led by Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, Mike Faist as Art Donaldson, and Josh O'Connor as Patrick Zweig, with supporting appearances by A.J. Lister as their daughter Lily and Hailey Gates as Helen. At the box office, Challengers was a significant success for an original R-rated drama, grossing approximately $96 million worldwide, with over $50 million coming from the domestic North American market. It was praised for its stylish direction, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s pulse-pounding electronic score, and its "horny," kinetic energy.Currently, the film is available for streaming worldwide on Amazon Prime Video (it debuted there in September 2024) and can also be rented or purchased on major digital platforms like Apple TV, Google Play, and YouTube Movies. Read More

• 2024
• 2 h : 11 min
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