The Last Station
- measured
- gentle
- intimate
Neutral, measured, gentle drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction on her husband's loyal disciple, whom she believes was the person responsible for Tolstoy signing a new will that leaves his work and property to the Russian people.
Our read · The Last Station (2009) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama · romance · music entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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The shape of The Last Station
What watching it is actually like.
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