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The Luzhin Defence is a 2000 romantic drama film directed by Marleen Gorris, starring John Turturro and Emily Watson. The film centres on a mentally tormented chess grandmaster and the young woman he meets while competing at a world-class tournament in Italy.
Sep 8, 2000 · The Luzhin Defence: Directed by Marleen Gorris. With John Turturro, Emily Watson, Geraldine James, Stuart Wilson. Two worlds collide when an eccentric genius falls in love with a strong-willed society beauty.
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- Drama, Romance
- Marleen Gorris
- 2000-09-08
The Defense (also known as The Luzhin Defense; Russian: Защита Лужина, Zashchita Luzhina) is the third novel written by Vladimir Nabokov after he had immigrated to Berlin. It was first published in Russian 1930 and later in English in 1964.
- Vladimir Nabokov
- 1930
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Apr 20, 2001 · Vera. Stuart Wilson. Valentinov. Christopher Thompson. Stassard. Watchlist. Set in the late 1920s, "The Luzhin Defence" tells the story of a shambling, unworldly chess Grand Master who...
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- Marleen Gorris
- PG-13
- John Turturro
May 4, 2001 · "The Luzhin Defence," based on a novella by Vladimir Nabokov, is about love, genius and madness, but it is also about life among the wealthy emigres of Europe in the years after World War I. They dress and move with elegance, their wealth preserving around them an illusion of the social order that was destroyed by the guns of August.
Vladimir Nabokov. 3.95. 13,924 ratings889 reviews. A chilling story of obsession and madness. Luzhin, a distracted, withdrawn boy, takes up chess as a refuge from everyday life. As he rises to the heights of grandmaster, the game of chess gradually supplants the world of reality as he moves inexorably towards madness.
Set in the late 1920s, The Luzhin Defence tells the story of a shambling, unworldly chess Grand Master who arrives in the Italian Lakes to play the match of his life and unexpectedly finds the love of his life. Discovering his prodigious talent in boyhood overshadowed by his parents' failing marriage, Luzhin's lyrical passion for chess has ...
