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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
Nov 23, 2020 · Based on a Nabokov novel, The Luzhin Defence stars John Turturro as Sascha Luzhin, a mentally troubled (in the world of movie chess, they almost always are) champion who falls in love with...
- 2 min
- Tim Grierson,Will Leitch
Apr 20, 2001 · Watchlist. 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...
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- Marleen Gorris
- PG-13
- John Turturro
May 4, 2001 · Advertisement. Here chessmasters arrive from all over the world, as well as the debutante Natalia ( Emily Watson) and her socially ambitious mother, Vera ( Geraldine James ). Alexander Luzhin ( John Turturro) wanders in like a dreamer from another planet, absent-minded, careless of his dress, in a world of his own.
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Set in the late 1920s, Luzhin is 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.
