THE LUZHIN DEFENCE (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 2000
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Plot: John Turturro and Emily Watson star in this engrossing story of love and obsession. Based on the novel by Vladmir Nabokov, the film examines the life of Alexander Luzhin (Turturro), an eccentric chess master whose unstable childhood has made him incapable of relating to others. The game of chess is his only escape and his only solace, until he meets and falls in love with the caring Natalia (Watson) at the Italian resort where he's the favorite in the most prestigious chess championship in the country. However, when a former mentor turned jealous saboteur tries to destroy Luzhin, the fragile genius tries to destroy Luzin, the fragile genius may lost more than the big game.
• Cast: John Turturro, Emily Watson, Geraldine James, Stuart Wilson, Christopher Thompson, Fabio Sartor, Peter Blythe, Orla Brady, Mark Tandy, Kelly Hunter, Alexander Hunting, Alfredo Pea, Fabio Pasquini, Luigi Petrucci, Carlo Greco, Massimo Sarchielli, Luca Foggiano, Antonio Carli, David Ambrosi, Géza Schramek, Marleen Gorris
• Director: Marleen Gorris
• Runtime: 1:46
• Company: Sony Pictures Classics, Renaissance Films, Clear Blue Sky Productions
• Media Format: Movie