The Luzhin Defence
“Two worlds collide when an eccentric genius falls in love with a strong-willed society beauty.”
RomanceDrama
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.
VIBE
A beautifully crafted, melancholic dive into obsession and burgeoning romance. The film feels like a faded photograph, capturing the quiet intensity of a bygone era and the intoxicating pull of intellectual and emotional fixation.
melancholicromanticintrospectiveelegantslow-burnperiod dramaliterary adaptationarthouseobsessionloveart vs. lifesacrifice
chessbased on novel or bookitalychess tournamentwoman director1920s
