The Luzhin Defence
2000 · 1h 49m · Drama, Romance · France, United Kingdom
Two worlds collide when an eccentric genius falls in love with a strong-willed society beauty.
Based upon the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, a chess grandmaster travels to Italy in the 1920s to play in a tournament and falls in love.
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