Autumn 2010 Programme - Showing Next
Last Station - 14th Sptember, 2010
Director: Michael Hoffman UK 2009 112 mins 15
Starring: Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, James MacEvoy
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Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer and James MacEvoy give superb performances in a portrayal of Tolstoy’s last years. He is no longer writing, but is immersed in the complications that his fame has brought and with the socialist ideals he claims to value. Beautifully filmed and set on the Tolstoy family estate, it is a powerful and emotional love story with surprising glimpses of humour, which gather together the strands of along and loving marriage. |
| Helen Mirren’s first visit to Russia, where her father’s family came from, gives her performance an extra intensity. |
