Last Resort
2000 · Movie · TV-14 · 73 min · ★ 6.3 · 87% critics
After arriving in England to start a new life, a mother and her young son are left stranded and pushed into the asylum system in a run-down seaside town. As they struggle with uncertainty and isolation, an unexpected connection offers a possible way forward.
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Details
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-02-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 73 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (28 votes)
About
You may like this if you respond to intimate, humane dramas about displacement and fragile hope, especially if you liked In America; Not for you if you want fast pacing, light escapism, or neat wish-fulfillment.
Pros: moving immigrant story; tender parent-child bond; hopeful human connection | Cons: bleak setting; slow-moving drama; emotionally heavy tone
Themes
- immigrant
- asylum
- seaside town
- russian woman
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — European Discovery of the Year · 2001 · nominated
Cast & crew
Dina Korzun
as Tanya
Paddy Considine
as Alfie
- AS
Artyom Strelnikov
as Artyom
Steve Perry
as Les
Perry Benson
as Immigration Officer
- KD
Katie Drinkwater
as Katie
- DB
Dave Bean
as Frank
Adrian Scarborough
as Council Official
- DA
David Auker
as 2nd Council Official
Bruce Byron
as Police Officer
Directed by Paweł Pawlikowski