Unbeknownst to her husband (Gabriel Goity) and two college-age sons, she begins practicing for a tournament with a man (Arturo Goetz) she met through an ad in a puzzle shop.

The thrill "of a woman discovering her special gift and rejoicing in it"[2] is just one of the surprises in store for Maria, as she starts to look differently at the pieces of her life, and to try new things.

Musetto in the New York Post who said, "If the plot of the Argentine soaper Puzzle seems familiar, that's because it's nearly identical to the story in the French movie Queen To Play.

"[3] Comparing this film to Lucrecia Martel's The Headless Woman, in which Maria Onetto starred in 2008, Stephen Holden of The New York Times said, "Although Puzzle is a much smaller, less ambitious film without the ominous political subtext of Ms. Martel's masterwork, its story...has implications about sexual inequality in Argentina's middle class.

The film, directed by Marc Turtletaub, stars Kelly Macdonald, Irrfan Khan, and David Denman, based on a script by Oren Moverman.