Last Resort (2000)

Directed by

Paweł Pawlikowski

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 13m

Rated

12

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman and her young son arrive from Russia to a small English seaside town, expecting her British fiancé to meet them. He never shows up, leaving them stranded with little money and no way to leave.

melancholictenseslow-burnbleakemotionally rawvisually sparsetrappedquietly desperate

What happens

Last Resort is a 2000 British drama film directed by Paweł Pawlikowski in his feature film debut, and starring Dina Korzun, Artyom Strelnikov, and Paddy Considine. The film concerns a Russian immigrant and her son who become stranded in a small English seaside town when her British fiancé does not show up as planned. The film had its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 22 August 2000 and played at various film festivals to critical acclaim. Pawlikowski won a BAFTA Award, the Carl Foreman Award for Most Promising Newcomer in British Film; and the FIPRESCI Prize at the London Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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