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Last Resort [VHS] [2001]

VHS ~ Dina Korzun
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Dina Korzun, Artyom Strelnikov, Paddy Considine, Steve Perry, Perry Benson
  • Directors: Pawel Pawlikowski
  • Writers: Pawel Pawlikowski, Rowan Joffe
  • Producers: Alex Holmes, Chris Collins, David M. Thompson, Ruth Caleb
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English, Russian
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Artificial Eye
  • VHS Release Date: 30 Jul 2001
  • Run Time: 75 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005M6QY
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 20,075 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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A young Russian mother along with her son, Artiom, arrives in England to join her fiance. When he doesn't appear she is left with no option but to claim political asylum. They are both taken to a holding centre in a seaside resort and whilst there she meets with Alfie, an amusement centre manager...

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best media representation of asylum seekers yet, 15 Jun 2001
By dave.simpson@cableinet.co.uk (Maidenhead, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Last Resort [2001] [DVD] (DVD)
The Last Resort (2000) is directed by Polish-born Pawel Pavilowski and commissioned by the BBC. Filmed in Margate (fictionally called Stonehaven) charts the experiences of a Russian refugee Tanya and her son Artyom. From Heathrow they are transferred to Stonehaven, a fictional holding bay for asylum seekers. They make many failed attempts to head for London for Tanya to meet her supposed fiance and instead Tanya falls in love with a local amusement park businessman (whose name actually escapes me). In a desperate bid to financially support herself, she turns to local pornographer (again his name escapes me), who is excellently played by real life pornographer Ben Dover.

The film is more constructed as a love story than a political statement, but that's not to say the film is politics free. It is associated with the current hysteria over asylum and immigration, and the use of juddery camera work and it's bleak mise-en-scene makes it socially real experience.

the back-up cast are played by real-life asylum seekers and refugees of mainly Kosovan or Afghan dissent, again social realism comes through the documentarism. Also the presence of the asylum seekers is symbolised by Tanya being demonstrated on how to use a payphone.

The film generally is a wonderful experience and a real cinematic experience. The film is more plot led and in the end you feel sympathetic towards her plight.

If there is one film that the Tory party and Labour party would not recommend, then Last Resort is the film. Best art-house film this year.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, 8 Jan 2006
By T. PETYT (Manchester, Lancashire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Resort [2001] [DVD] (DVD)
Fantastically shot.Brilliantly acted.This a beautiful film.Essentialy a romance, set in a depressing seaside village, between an amusment arcade manager and a russian, who accomponied with her 10 year old son he befriends and helps to escape home, after she has been sent to an asylum seekers holding area."It makes me wanna cry".OUTSTANDING.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An exploration of the world of asylum seekers, 1 Jul 2006
By pointone (Bournemouth UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Resort [2001] [DVD] (DVD)
Although it is definitely a drama this film blurs the boundaries between documentary and fiction, apparently a characteristic of Pawlikowski's direction.

Tanya (Dina Korzun) travels to England from Russia with her 10 year old son Artyom (Strelnikov) to marry her Fiancée who doesn't turn up and leaves her stranded and forced to become a refugee.

In the first part of the film we get right inside Tanya's fears and sense of alienation as she struggles with her role as a confined refugee, this is beautifully acted by Korzun and Strelnikov and if the film had continued on this course it would have been superb.

However once Anya is befriended by Alfie (a fine performance by Considine) the drama degenerates into a standard pulp fiction love story and although well directed and acted moves away from the trauma of being an asylum seeker. Also Artyom is supposed to be 10 years old but his dialogue is far to old for his age, even a perceptive ten year old would not automatically recognise someone as a pimp when his mother apparently did not make the connection.

However this film certainly made me think about the experiences of asylum seekers and the way they can be exploited whilst within the system, their sense of despair when any resolution to their problems is six to eighteen months away, unfortunately it did not keep me thinking long and hard enough.
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