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The Last Station

United Kingdom 2010, 113 mins
Director: Michael Hoffman
Starring: Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti, James McAvoy

hen Valentin Bulgakov (McAvoy) is hired as personal secretary to the legendary writer Leo Tolstoy (Plummer), he is delighted at the opportunity to learn from the revered and wise man.

What he hasn't anticipated is being pulled into a bitter struggle over Tolstoy's legacy.

Tolstoy's wife (Mirren) and his disciple, Vladimir Chertkov (Giamatti), are engaged in a feud over control of his works after his death.

Chertkov insists that they should be the property of the people, while Sofya is concerned that this will mean the author's family are not provided for.

THE LAST STATION is also a perceptive and humanising account of a literary giant struggling to achieve a balance in the ledger of his life, between the demands of genius and the convictions of his soul.

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