THE LAST STATION

**Ends THURSDAY, APRIL 1ST**

"A fun, sexy romp about the last days of Leo Tolstoy? Believe it." - Colin Covert, MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE

"The incomparable Helen Mirren is simply astounding. Christopher Plummer is her match. The sight of these two acting giants going at each other is a pure, rowdy pleasure." - Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE

"THE LAST STATION is at once a hot marital showdown and a cool political debate, a domestic War and Peace. " - Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

"Make sure you don't miss THE LAST STATION. Rapturous and perfect. Passionate, profound and unforgettable." - Rex Reed, NEW YORK OBSERVER

Fact and fiction converge in this boistrously passionate drama based on Jay Parini's acclaimed novel about the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.
THE LAST STATION focuses on the marriage between Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer) and his wife Sofya (Helen Mirren) in its final years. After almost fifty years of marriage, The Countess Soyfa, Tolstoy's 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 famous novelist has renounced his noble title, his property, and even his family in favor of poverty, vegetarianism and celibacy. All this after she's born him thirteen children!
When Sofya 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 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 convince Tolstoy of the damage she will do to his glorious legacy. And when Tolstoy's new assistant, the young and gullible Valentin (James McAvoy), enters their home, he quickly becomes a pawn, first of the scheming Chertkov and then of the wounded, vengeful Sofya, as each plots to undermine the other's gains.

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http://www.darkhorizons.com/interviews/1535