The Last Station

Release Date: December 4, 2009 (NY, LA)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Director: Michael Hoffman
Screenwriter: Michael Hoffman
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Paul Giamatti, Anne-Marie Duff
Genre: Drama, Historical
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: SonyClassics.com/TheLastStation
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Plot Summary: After almost fifty years of marriage, the Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren), Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer) devoted wife, passionate lover, muse and secretary—she’s copied out War and Peace six times...by hand!—suddenly finds her entire world turned upside down. In the name of his newly created religion, the great Russian novelist has renounced his noble title, his property and even his family in favor of poverty, vegetarianism and even celibacy. After she's born him thirteen children!

When Sofya then discovers that Tolstoy's trusted disciple, Chertkov (Paul Giamatti)—whom she despises—may have secretly convinced her husband to sign a new will, leaving the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his very own family, she is consumed by righteous outrage. This is the last straw. Using every bit of cunning, every trick of seduction in her considerable arsenal, she fights fiercely for what she believes is rightfully hers. The more extreme her behavior becomes, however, the more easily Chertkov is able to persuade Tolstoy of the damage she will do to his glorious legacy.

Into this minefield wanders Tolstoy's worshipful new assistant, the young, gullible Valentin (James McAvoy). In no time, he becomes a pawn, first of the scheming Chertkov and then of the wounded, vengeful Sofya as each plots to undermine the other's gains. Complicating Valentin's life even further is the overwhelming passion he feels for the beautiful, spirited Marsha (Kerry Condon), a free thinking adherent of Tolstoy's new religion whose unconventional attitudes about sex and love both compel and confuse him. Infatuated with Tolstoy's notions of ideal love, but mystified by the Tolstoys' rich and turbulent marriage, Valentin is ill equipped to deal with the complications of love in the real world.

A tale of two romances, one beginning, one near its end, "The Last Station" is a complex, funny, rich and emotional story about the difficulty of living with love and the impossibility of living without it.

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COMMENTS (6)

Posted by:

DM

August 12, 2008

this movie sounds good . It's supposed to come out May 2009.

Posted by:

jessica hutchison

October 19, 2008

I can't wait for this to come out. I've seen everything with James McAvoy and he such a wonderful, talented actor!! Plus it does help that he's completely and utterly gorgeous!

Posted by:

Caitie

June 24, 2009

Is this movie ever going to come out, or at least get a release date and trailer?

Posted by:

MajorFilmFan

October 27, 2009

To Catie: Yeah it will.It ocmes out on January 15th of next year. I am excited to see it as well.

Posted by:

Joe

October 27, 2009

should be a big oscar contender

Posted by:

morag

November 21, 2009

Boy that Helen Mirren gets around I'd luv to see this I luv historical dramas.

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