With her early feminist thrillers such as A Question Of Silence and Broken Mirrors, Dutch director Marleen Gorris developed a reputation as a firebrand film-maker. However, since the Oscar-winning Antonia's Line, she seems to have been heading towards middle-aged respectability, plumping for literary adaptations (Mrs Dalloway) and now this European co-production. Based on Vladimir Nabokov's novel, the title refers to a series of moves that the grand-master Luzhin has to create at a crucial moment in his duel with the Italian Turati for the world title.
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