The Luzhin Defence
Synopsis
Discovering his prodigious talent in a boyhood overshadowed by his parents' failing marriage, Luzhin's lyrical passion for chess has become his refuge and rendered the real world a phantom.
Already matched up by her family to the very suitable Comte de Stassard, when Natalia (Emily Watson) meets Luzhin she is drawn to the erratic genius and offers him a glimpse outside of his chess obsession. But it is a world he is not equipped to deal with, and his two worlds collide to tragic effect.
Details
- Year
- 2001
- Type of project
- Features
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Marleen Gorris
- Producer
- Jody Patton
- Executive Producer
- Jody Patton
- Editor
- Michael Reichwein
- Screenwriter
- Peter Berry
- Director of Photography
- Bernard Lutic
- Sound
- Peter Glossop
- Composer
- Alexandre Desplat
- Principal cast
- John Turturro, Emily Watson, Geraldine James, Stuart Wilson, Christopher Thompson, Fabio Sartor
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Renaissance Films
Contact: Stephen Evans34-35 Berwick Street
London W1F 8RP
UK
T +44 020 7287 5190
Sales Company
Renaissance Films
Contact: Bill Stephens34-35 Berwick Street
London W1F 8RP
UK
T +44 020 7487 5122
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