LUZHIN DEFENCE

Movie Description:
John Turturro and Emily Watson star inthis engrossing story of love and obsession. Based on the novel by VladmirNabokov, the film examines thelife of Alexander Luzhin, an eccentric chess master whose unstable childhood has made him incapable of relating to others. The game of chess is his onlyescape and his only solace, until he meets and falls in lovewith the caring Natalia at the Italian resort where he`sthe favorite in the most prestigiouschess championship in the country. However, when a former mentor turned jealous saboteur tries to destroy Luzhin,the fragile genius may lose morethan the big game.