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Luzhin is participating in an important chess tournament against Turati (Fabio Sartor), the world’s top chess master, when he stumbles upon Natalia (Emily Watson). Before he has even asked for her name or managed to engage her in a conversation of more than a few words, Luzhin asks for her hand in marriage. This provides the starting point for the strange yet endearing relationship between...
Though it is Luzhin whose name appears in the title, Gorris has transformed and developed the character of Natalia from Nabokov’s book in which she is nameless. In the film, Watson arguably plays the starring role, and is certainly no less outstanding than Turturro. The story is introduced, and much of it told, through Natalia’s perspective, and it seems that she is much wiser to the complexities of the real world than her counterpart, who is lost in the complexities of the world of chess...
...Watson's interest in the personal and social aspects of teaching, according to Donoghue, make him well-suited to continue the legacy of Pearsall, who was well-liked by students...
...Like Derek Pearsall, [Watson] is very much concerned with cultivating the personal side of the profession," Donoghue said...
...Watson will begin teaching in the Fall of 2001. He will teach a seminar on "Sir Gawain," a story published in the 14th century by an anonymous author. He will also teach a lecture course on Chaucer as well as a number of other seminars...