3 Movies Starring Geraldine James

The Luzhin Defence

The Luzhin Defence

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-09-08

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

UK, France

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(3691 Reviews)

Director:

Marleen Gorris

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Vladimir Nabokov (novel)

Peter Berry (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Set in the late 1920s, The Luzhin Defence tells the story of a shambling, unworldly chess Grand Master who arrives in the Italian Lakes to play the match of his life and unexpectedly finds the love of his life. Discovering his prodigious talent in boyhood overshadowed by his parents' failing marriage, Luzhin's lyrical passion for chess has become his refuge and rendered the real world a phantom. Already matched up by her family to the very suitable Comte de Stassard, when Natalia meets Luzhin, she is drawn to the erratic genius and offers him a glimpse outside of his chess obsession. But it is a world he is not equipped to deal with and his two worlds collide to tragic effect.

Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-01-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA, Ireland

Runtime:

84 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (8436 Reviews)

Director:

Jon Jones

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Andrew Davies (screenplay)

Jane Austen (novel)

Fullplot:

When Catherine Morland is given the opportunity to stay with the childless Allen family in Bath, she is hoping for an adventure of the type she has been reading in novels. Soon introduced to society, she meets Isabella Thorpe and her brother John, a good friend of her own brother, James. She also meets Henry Tilney, a handsome young man from a good family and his sister, Eleanor. Invited to visit the Tilney estate, Northanger Abbey, she has thoughts of romance but soon learns that status, class and money are all equally important when it comes to matters of the heart.

45 Years

45 Years

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-08-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (395 Reviews)

Director:

Andrew Haigh

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

David Constantine (short story)

Andrew Haigh (adaptation)

Fullplot:

There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.

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