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The Luzhin defence

France, 2000
film

Adapted from the Vladimir Nabokov novel, “The Luzhin Defence” tells the story of Luzhin, a chess grandmaster who arrives at a lakeside resort in C..

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Trial on the Road

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Where angels fear to tread

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Illuminations

Australia, 1976
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