Last Resort (2000)
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.
- Date of release
- 2000-02-23
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (29)
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Paweł Pawlikowski
Casting
- Dina Korzun — Tanya
- Paddy Considine — Alfie
- Artyom Strelnikov — Artyom
- Steve Perry — Les
- Perry Benson — Immigration Officer
- Katie Drinkwater — Katie
- Dave Bean — Frank
- Adrian Scarborough — Council Official
- David Auker — 2nd Council Official
- Bruce Byron — Police Officer
- Jim Trevellyan — Station Guard
- Marcus Redwood — Cafe Owner
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
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.
Production
Margate, in the Thanet District of Kent, doubled as the fictional seaside town of Stonehaven, and was the setting for the majority of the film.
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