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The Last Station



Germany, Russia, 2009 - 112'
Color, 35 mm

Director
Michael Hoffman

Cast
Helen Mirren (Sofya Tolstoy), Christopher Plummer (Leo Tolstoy), James McAvoy (Valentin Bulgakov), Paul Giamatti (Vladimir Chertkov), Anne-Marie Duff (Sasha Tolstoy)

Screenplay
Michael Hoffman (based on Jay Parini's book)

Cinematography
Sebastian Edschmid

Editing
Patricia Rommel

Production Design
Patrizia von Brandenstein

Costumes Design
Monica Jacobs

Music
Sergey Yevtushenko

Producer
Chris Curling, Jens Meurer, Bonnie Arnold

Production
Egoli Tossell Film Halle, Zephyr Films

Co-production
Andrei Konchalovsky Production Center, Samfilm

International Distribution
The Little Film Company - 12930 Ventura Boulevard #822 - 91604 Studio City (USA) - T. +1 818 762 6999 - F. +1 818 301 2186 - www.thelittlefilmcompany.com
Screenings

18.10.2009 h 22:00, Sinopoli
19.10.2009 h 20:00, Sala Cinema Lotto
20.10.2009 h 22:30, Metropolitan 1
24.10.2009 h 17:30, Sala Cinema Lotto

Synopsis
After almost fifty years of marriage, the Countess Sofya, Leo Tolstoy's devoted wife, 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 and his property in favour of poverty, vegetarianism and even celibacy. What's more, Tolstoy may have been persuaded by his disciple, Chertkov, to leave the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his own family. The woman uses every strategy at her disposal to fiercely fight against the libertarian community that is installed in her house; trying to win back what she feels belongs to her. Ostracised from Tolstoy, she only manages to see him as he is dying, in the last station.

Director
Michael Hoffman was born in the US but went to study at Oxford University in 1979, where he shot his debut film, Privileged. He attracted great attention in 1988 with Promised Land. In 1991 he made the comedy Soapdish. In 1995 Hoffman returned to British material with Restoration, which was followed by One Fine Day (1996), the Shakespeare adaptation A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) and Game 6 (2005). Prior to The Last Station, Hoffman completed a pilot for HBO with and about the journalist Seymour Hersh and the documentary Out of The Blue: A Film About Life and Football.