Synopsis
Tanya leaves Moscow with her street-wise 10-year-old son Artiom to meet her English fiancée in London. But after he fails to turn up at the airport, Tanya, intent on staying in England, is forced to apply for political asylum and transferred to Stonehaven, a grimy former seaside resort where refugees are housed. Tanya gradually develops a relationship with an amusement arcade manager, who helps them escape. She must then decide whether to stay with him or return to Russia.
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Cast
- Dina KorzunTanya
- Paddy ConsidineAlfie
- Artyom StrelnikovArtyom
- Steve PerryLes
- Perry BensonImmigration Officer
- Katie DrinkwaterKatie
- Dave BeanFrank
- Adrian ScarboroughCouncil Official
- David Auker2nd Council Official
- Bruce ByronPolice Officer
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Tribune
A film that celebrates simple human kindness. If the ending feels somewhat unsatisfying, it is perhaps because one hates to see this too-brief film end at all. - 80
Chicago Reader
A hopeless romantic meets a hapless realist in this gritty, elegant drama brimming with spontaneous-seeming close-ups. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Unsatisfying at a very high level. It fritters away more than most movies ever offer up. - 80
Film.com
It's a sweet and wise film - neither groundbreaking nor revolutionary save for the fact that it places narrative and character arc at the center of its concerns. - 80
Dallas Observer
His (Pawlikowski) love story, which is by turns sensuous, charming, and uniquely moving. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
A must-see. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
I like the way Last Resort ends, how it concludes its emotional journey without pretending the underlying story is over. You walk out of the theater curiously touched. - 70
Village Voice
Pawlikowski, whose background is in documentary film, has an eye for the menacingly forlorn and elegantly bleak. Last Resort, which was shot without a script and developed largely in collaboration with the actors, is a kind of verité fantasy.