THE LAST RESORT
  • Direction: Pawel Pawlikowski.
  • Screenplay: Pawel Pawlikowski.
  • Cinematography: Rysard Lenczewski.
  • Editing: David Charap.
  • Sound: John Pearson.
  • Sets: Toni Bowyer.
  • Music: Max de Wardener.
  • Cast: Dina Korzun, Paddy Considine, Artiom Strelnikov, Lindsey Honey.
  • Producer : Ruth Caleb.
  • Production: BBC Films.
  • 35mm Colour 75'
SYNOPSIS

Naive young Tanya and her son Artiom arrive in Stansted airport from Russia and are immediately targeted by immigration officials as a suspicious case. Tanya hopes to be met by Mark, an Englishman she expects to marry, but there's no sign of him at the arrivals. Threatened with deportation back to Moscow, Tanya claims political asylum. She and Artiom are driven under police escort to the seaside resort of Stonehaven, to a grey holding area for refugees. There, she meets Alfie, an arcade manager who is immediately taken with her...

Pavel Pawlikowski

Biography
He was born in Warsaw, in 1957. A well-known documentary filmmaker, his credits include Twockers, Serbian Epics and Tripping with Zhirinovsky, all produced by BBC. His documentary Dostoevsky's Travels won the RTS Award and the Italia, while From Moscow to Pietushki received the International Emmy Award and another Prix Italia. In 1997, he made his first feature, The Stringer, which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival.

FILMOGRAPHY
1986 Lucifer over Lancashire
1988 In the Blood
1989 Vaclav Havel
1991 Dostïevsky's Travels
1992 Serbian Epics
1995 Tripping with Zhirinovsky
1997 The Stringer
1998 Twockers
2000 The Last Resort

FILM TITLE SCREENING THEATER DATE
THE LAST RESORT A' OLYMPION É Monday 13/11, 20:30
THE LAST RESORT B' CINE PROVLITA 4 Tuesday 14/11, 15:00
THE LAST RESORT C' CINE PROVLITA 4 Wednesday 15/11, 20:00


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