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The Luzhin Defence

World Cinema

Love/Romance · Sports · Psychology

  • CountryUK
  • Production Year2000
  • Running Time108 min
  • Format35mm
  • Colorcolor
Program Note
Set in the late 1920s, The Luzhin Defence concerns a chess Grand Master who arrives in Italy to play the match of his life and unexpectedly finds love. Since discovering his talent in a boyhood overshadowed by his parents′ failing marriage, Luzhin′s passion for chess has become his refuge from the real world. Escaping an arranged marriage, Natalie is drawn to Luzhin. Just as Natalie is opening up a new world for Luzhin, a dark figure from his past arrives in town. Valentinov is the schoolteacher who recognised Luzhin′s boyhood talent and then exploited it. For a decade, he acted as Luzhin′s self-appointed mentor and manager, focusing Luzhin′s every waking moment on the game and earning a pretty good living in the process. When Valentinov discovers Luzia has made it to the world championship, he reappears to prey on Luzhin′s weakness for his own gain... It appears that the world of chess could destroy Luzhin′s dreams of happiness.
Director
Director
Marleen Gorris
Gorris studied English at the University of Groningen and Drama at the University of Amsterdam. In 1976 she obtained an M.A. in Drama at the University of Birmingham, England. Gorris made her directorial debut with the controversial A Question of Silence, which she also wrote. She is best known for her Academy Award winning film Antonia′s Line.
Credit
  • Director
    Marleen Gorris
  • ProducerCaroline Wood
    Stephen Evans
    Louis Becker
    Philippe Guez
  • CastJohn Turturro
    Emily Watson
    Geraldine James
  • ScreenplayPeter Berry
  • CinematographyBernard Lutic
  • Production DesignTony Burrough
  • EditorMichael Reichwein
  • MusicAlexandre Desplat
  • Production CompanyRenaissance Films
    mpiper@renaissance.films.com
  • World SalesRenaissance Films
    mpiper@renaissance.films.com
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PARADISE HOTEL BUSAN
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Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Busan Metropolitan City
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