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The Luzhin Defence

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

August 21, 20001h 49m
RomanceDrama

64%

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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.

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