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Last Station, The (M) 112 mins
Rating Advice:Sex Scene
Opening:1 April 2010
Genre:Biography
Language:English
Director:Michael Hoffman
Cast:Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer
Distributor:Becker Entertainment Group
Awards:
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****4 stars!.. Margaret ***3½ stars!.. David [ABC] |
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****4 stars!.. Sydney Morning Herald |
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2 Golden Globe Nominations: BEST ACTRESS, SUPPORTING ACTOR |
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Nominated 2 Academy Awards incl: Best Actor (Christopher Plummer + Best Actress (Helen Mirren) |
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Synopsis:
The Last Station is a love story set during the last year of the life and turbulent marriage of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer) and his wife the Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren).
Tolstoy, having rejected his title and embraced an ascetic life style, finds himself increasingly at odds with Sofya. As his devoted disciple Vladimir Chertkov (Paul Giamatti) urges him to sign a new will leaving the rights to his work to the Russian people rather than his family, the conflict between husband and wife grows to breaking point. The whole affair is witnessed by Tolstoy's new secretary, Valentin Bulgakov (James McAvoy), whose burgeoning love for the beautiful and feisty Masha (Kerry Condon) is set against the waning love of Tolstoy and Sofya.
A man at war within and without, Tolstoy, in his final days, makes a run for peace on a train with his physician, his daughter and Bulgakov. Sofya and Chertkov follow, but, too ill to continue, Tolstoy stops at the tiny railway station at Astapovo. While hundreds camp outside awaiting hourly reports, it is here, at a remote railway junction, that Leo Tolstoy finds the peace he has been searching for.
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