The Last Station

Hurry!  Must End Thursday!
at Pleasant Street Theater
Friday 4/9 through Thursday 4/15   7:00

THE LAST STATION is a love story set during the last year of the life and turbulent marriage of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife the Countess Sofya.  Tolstoy, having rejected his title and embraced an ascetic life style, finds himself increasingly at odds with Sofya. As his devoted disciple Vladimir Chertkov urges him to sign a new will leaving the rights to his work to the Russian people rather than his family, the conflict between husband and wife grows to breaking point. The whole affair is witnessed by Tolstoy’s new secretary, Valentin Bulgakov, whose burgeoning love for the beautiful and feisty Masha is set against the waning love of Tolstoy and Sofya.  A film about the difficulty of living with love and the impossibility of living without it.  With Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti and James McAvoy.

Written and Directed by Michael Hoffman.  112 mins, Rated R.