Rating: R
Length: 112 minutes Year: 2009 Actors: Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, James McAvoy, Paul Giamatti Fact and fiction converge in this talent-driven drama based on Jay Parini's novel about Leo Tolstoy. THE LAST STATION focuses on the marriage between Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer) and his wife Sofya (Helen Mirren) in its final years. James McAvoy stars as a young man who works for the couple, while Paul Giamatti plays an advisor to the writer who fights his wife over financial issues.
Nominated for two Academy Awards AND two Golden Globes: Best Actress (Helen Mirren) & Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Plummer)!
Every second Helen Mirren is on-screen in The Last Station is a study in peerless talent. -- Claudia Puig, USA Today
The arrival of a movie with as much intelligence and artistry as The Last Station should also be accompanied by the sound of trumpets. -- Rex Reed, New York Observer
Helen Mirren is a lusty, roaring wonder playing, of all things, the long-suffering wife of Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer in peak form). -- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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