UK/2009/112mins/15. Dir: Michael Hoffman. With Anne-Marie Duff, Paul Giamatti, James McAvoy, Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer

Set during the last year of Tolstoy’s life, this period literary tale focuses on the tensions between the great novelist's wife of 48 years and his followers, who are attracted by his doctrine of a spiritual life and a mystical Christian communism. Believing that her husband plans to bequeath his entire literary inheritance to the Russian people, the Countess battles to stem the ever increasing influence his followers have on him while his young idealistic secretary, Valentin, is caught between dedicating his life to the better future
and falling in love for the first time. With a delicate balance of light and shade, drama and broad comedy, and with stellar performances from a first rate cast, this is a tender and passionate portrait of love and lifelong dedication.

"deeply moving, with pitch-perfect performances from one and all" - Empire

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