Arthur Cohn
Author
Language
English
Description
In this Academy Award-winning film, aging Soviet chess champion Akiva Liebskind arrives in Geneva to face off against his former student Pavius Fromm in a World Championship match. Pavius is a defector from the USSR, and the Soviet authorities threaten to harm Akiva's family if he does not defeat the rogue player.
Author
Language
Portuguese
Description
In the Brazilian badlands of 1910, two families are locked in a bloody, generations-old feud. In one family, the oldest remaining son- distressed by the prospect of death and encouraged by his younger brother- begins to question the cycle of violence. Then, a beautiful woman crosses his path and opens his eyes to life outside his culture's rigid code of honor.
