Challengers (2024)

Name: Challengers
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2024-04-18
Duration: 2 h 12 min
Cast: Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O'Connor, Darnell Appling

Drama Romance

Director: Luca Guadagnino

Cast: Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O'Connor, Darnell Appling

Runtime132 min

Rating15

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Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Major champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a "Challenger" event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.

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Fans of director Luca Guadagnino's visually striking, emotionally complex films will likely appreciate the nuanced drama and simmering tensions in Challengers (2024). The story of a tennis player turned coach whose personal and professional lives collide in unexpected ways promises a compelling character study anchored by standout performances from Zendaya and her co-stars.

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Challengers is a 2024 American romantic sports film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Justin Kuritzkes. It follows the love triangle among an injured tennis star-turned-coach (Zendaya), her low-circuit tennis player ex-boyfriend, and her tennis champion husband across 13 years of their relationship, culminating in the match between the two men on the ATP Challenger Tour.