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The dark horse himself, Main Character Genesis (Cliff Curtis) struggles with maintaining stability while battling the voices within his mind (Main Character Domain of Mind, Main Character Focus of Results).
All 68 characters in The Dark Horse are listed by chapter with character descriptions included.
The Dark Horse is based on the real-life story of Genesis Potini, a brilliant New Zealand chess player who suffered from severe bipolar disorder. The film begins with him walking down a street in the rain, before walking into an antique store and playing a chess game with himself.
Mar 31, 2016 · The Dark Horse is based on the true story of a Maori speed chess master with bipolar disorder who became an inspirational coach for at-risk Maori children. In the movie, as he strives to stabilize his own life, Genesis engages underprivileged boys and girls— and the audience—imaginatively, intellectually, and viscerally.
Main Character Genesis (Cliff Curtis) battles his own mind, while simultaneously fending off the harsh and critical opinions of others. Conflict bred from Minds drives him to talk to himself when agitated and walk peacefully through heavy rain in order to numb his overwhelmed senses.
Apr 1, 2016 · Genesis Potini is the center of “The Dark Horse,” (his nickname in the chess world) and the film is as much a character study as anything else. Potini had a bipolar diagnosis (treated realistically in the film with not a whiff of condescension or grandstanding), and spent his life in and out of hospitals, with short jail stints for vagrancy.
Apr 1, 2016 · Genesis Potini (Cliff Curtis), a real-life Māori chess champion in New Zealand, is the subject of THE DARK HORSE. Focusing on the weeks and months after Genesis is discharged from a mental institution, he struggles to find his bearings, even as he coaches underprivileged kids at an after-school chess club.
