Last Resort (2000 film)

Last Resort
Directed byPaweł Pawlikowski
Written byRowan Joffé
Paweł Pawlikowski
Produced byRuth Caleb
StarringDina Korzun
Artyom Strelnikov
Paddy Considine
CinematographyRyszard Lenczewski
Edited byDavid Charap
Music byMax de Wardener
Production
company
Distributed byTSG Pictures[1]
Release dates
  • 22 August 2000 (2000-08-22) (EIFF)
  • 23 February 2001 (2001-02-23) (USA)
  • 16 March 2001 (2001-03-16) (UK)
Running time
77 minutes[2]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish
Russian
Box office$ 79,238[3]

Last Resort is a 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.

The film had its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 22 August 2000 and played at various film festivals to critical acclaim. Pawlikowski won a BAFTA Award, the Carl Foreman Award for Most Promising Newcomer in British Film; and the FIRESCI Prize at the London Film Festival.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference LAT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Last Resort (2000)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Last Resort (2000)". Box Office Mojo.