Face à Face

Rain-slick Seattle. A rook in its box. Chess champion Peter Sanderson faces a homicidal maniac during a tournament. Is he a suspect, a target, or somehow both? More bodies surface. Director Schenkel’s twisty neo-noir is a decent addition to any late-night cable marathon.

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Carl Schenkel directed Face à Face in 1992. See Carl Schenkel's full filmography, where to start with Carl Schenkel, or where to go after you've seen everything by Carl Schenkel.

Face à Face was released in 1992 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 116 minutes.