Balky adaptation of a Nabokov novel, set in Italy entre les guerres, about an antisocial chess master whose head is turned by a pretty socialite on the eve of the World Championship. John Turturro seems just the right man for the job, had he been given anything to work with. Emily Watson, Geraldine James, Stuart Wilson; directed by Marleen Gorris. (2001) — Duncan Shepherd
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