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 (Plummer, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus) and his wife the Countess Sofya (Mirren, The Queen). Tolstoy, having rejected his title and embraced an ascetic lifestyle, finds himself increasingly at odds with Sofya. Their fractious relationship is witnessed by Tolstoy’s new secretary, Valentin Bulgakov (McAvoy, Atonement), whose burgeoning love for the beautiful and feisty Masha (Kerry Condon) contrasts with the waning love of Tolstoy and Sofya. The accomplished cast give weight to this sumptuously designed period drama from the director of Restoration.