"The Last Station": The bitter intersection of material pursuit and spiritual pursuit

It is a detailed account of the last days of Tolstoy's later life based on what he saw and called Valentine, a faithful believer of Tolstoy. Tolstoy lived a comfortable and free life, but because of the conflict between his wife and his eldest disciple Chekov, his wife suspected that Chekov was secretly transferring Tolstoy's inheritance, and Chekov was angry with his wife. The selfishness and selfishness of the two cannot allow the two to be at each other's throats. Madame was suspicious all day, so noisy that Tolstoy couldn't keep quiet about writing. Valentin, a believer who is in a bystander position, sees that he is anxious and unable to use his energy, and he accidentally develops a love story. Under Tolstoy's unbearable situation, he finally made the decision to leave the family and stay away from his wife overnight. However, due to his exhausted age, Tolstoy was forced to stop at the Yastapovo railway station on the way. This sad end to a great and glorious life.

The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by American novelist Jay Parrini and directed by American director Michael Hoffman. Although it is jointly produced by Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom, it is still an uncompromising American film. Invite many celebrities to join, the veteran and powerful 80-year-old Christopher Plummer and British Dame Helen Mirren starred in Tolstoy and his wife, British niche James McAvoy and Ann-Marie Duff joined hands, Deep man Paul Giama proposes to play the aspiring disciple, and the collage with Helen Mirren is very exciting. And Helen Mirren did his part to play the role of an old woman who was hated and loved deeply, which was impressive and completely overshadowed Tolstoy's great aura.

Although there are many bridges and characters in the film, there are two love stories in one story, the emotional entanglement between Tolstoy and his wife, and the pursuit of love between the believer Valentine and his girlfriend. When the real and the virtual interact with each other and communicate with each other, the watchability of the film is greatly volatile. As a result, the audience's admiration for great men has been successfully led to the thinking of love values. The old couple who have been in love for decades, just because of the whereabouts of the family property, have caused countless struggles and contradictions, and they have to make people feel ashamed and abusive. One can't help but wonder if their love would last peacefully until the last moment of their lives if they didn't have fame and fortune.

Of course, the Americans did not miss the opportunity to add small American elements to the film. Although it is very inconspicuous, it is very ingenious. I don't know how much Russians will agree with it after reading it, and it is also a Tolstoy who is full of English. But at least we can be thankful that the Tolstoys were originally played by Anthony Hopkins and Meryl Streep, but due to scheduling conflicts, they were replaced by Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren, let 80-year-old Christopher play the 82-year-old Toon image, completely tailor-made.

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