The Luzhin Defence

The Luzhin Defence

The Luzhin Defence is a 2000 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. The screenplay was based on the novel The Defense (or The Luzhin Defence) by Vladimir Nabokov. Emily Watson received best actress nominations at the British Independent Film Awards and the London Film Critics Circle Awards.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Stars: John Turturro, Emily Watson, Geraldine James, Stuart Wilson
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  3 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
58%
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PG-13
Year:
2000
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Aleksandr Ivanovich Luzhin:
There's a pattern emerging, a definite pattern. Not Turati. I repeat that game. I've beaten him. And his moves are repeated, repeated, repeated moves. I must keep track... of every second. Every second I must keep track of, every second.

Natalia Katkov:
It sounds like such a lonely battle.

Vera:
He's defiled you already, hasn't he? That's why you're rushing this ridiculous marriage. You're carrying his child.

Aleksandr Ivanovich Luzhin:
As Pushkin's doomed duelist said, "Let's start if you're willing."

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