| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Christopher Plummer |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Helen Mirren | |||
Sony Pictures Classics
Directed by Michael Hoffman
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, DVD, Sony)
(Encore)
A story of two love affairs, one just beginning and the other ending. Leo Tolstoy is a cult hero in Russia. His followers live on a commune while Tolstoy lives down the road in a mansion. A young "Tolstoyan" arrives, an idealist who meets his hero but soon discovers the man and his writing are not the same. Meanwhile his celibacy is threatened by pretty Kerry Condon. He gives in, they fall in love, while at the same time he is privy to the disintegrating marriage between Tolstoy and his wife of nearly 50 years. A little too self-conscious in the beginning, but gets better as it goes along. The director is overly fond of sweeping camera movements to the point of distraction.
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