The Luzhin Defence

Two worlds collide when an eccentric genius falls in love with a strong-willed society beauty.

Plot Summary

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.

6.1 /10

2000

FRUS

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italy

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1920s