Challengers 15
Zendaya plays a romantically challenged tennis pro in the new ménage à trois sports drama from Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Bones and All, A Bigger Splash), co-starring Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist.
Zendaya is Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy-turned-coach and a force of nature. Married to Art, a champion on a losing streak (Faist), Tashi’s coaching strategy for her husband’s redemption takes a surprising turn when she signs him up for a ‘Challenger’ match against the washed-up Patrick (O’Connor) – Art’s ex-best friend, and Tashi’s former lover. As the trio reunite, memories of their youthful love triangle arise and new feelings of jealousy, lust and betrayal come to the fore. Tashi must ask herself: what will it cost her to win?
- Director
- Luca Guadagnino
- Year
- 2023
- Duration
- 2 hours 11 minutes
- Language
- English
- Cast
- Josh O'Connor, Mike Faist, Zendaya
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