BBC 2000, 73 min, in color and black & white, British rating.: R

in English

 

Last resort

 

Mr. Pawlikowski won the Golden Alexander at the Saloniki Festival. The stars of this film also won awards. The director received the BAFTA award for the most promising new personality in British cinematography.

 

 

Direction:                   Pawel Pawlikowski
Screenplay:                Rowan Joffe, Pawel Pawlikowski
Cinematography:       Ryszard Lenczewski

Music:                        Max de Wardener
Scenography:             Tom Bowyer

Cast:                           Dina Korzun, Artyom Strelnikov, Paddy Considine, Lindsey Honey

 

 

   

 

 

The story takes place in a community of Eastern European emigrants who are trying to establish residency in Great Britain. A young Russian woman, Tanya, along with Artyom, her 10-year-old son, come to Britain at the invitation of her fiance. When he fails to show up, Tanya requests political asylum. She lives in a deserted seaside resort where all refugees are forced to reside. As long as Tanya’s immigration status remains up in the air, she must stay here for 12-16 months. She is somewhat naïve and seeks romance. As a means of making money to pay for her passport, she becomes involved with an Internet pornographer, challenging her morality and conscience.

 

http://www.stopklatka.pl/film/film.asp?fi=11205

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0258761

 

Paweł Pawlikowski

Director. Born in Warsaw. He came to Great Britain in 1977 as a teenager with his mother. He graduated from the National Film and Television School. He began his film career making award-winning    documentary films, in which he described “surreal stories about small heroes caught in the turmoil of history.” In his documentray films he combines fact and fiction in a manner that is personal and poetic.  “Last Resort” is his first significant feature film.

 

Filmography:

2000 The Last Resort

1999 Twockers

1998 The Stringer

1998 Charlie Chaplin and the Cossack Gold

1995 Tripping with Zhirinovsky
1992 Dostoevsky’s Travel

1992 Serbian Epics

1991 From Moscow to Pietushki

1989 Vaclav Havel
1988 Extraordinary Adventures

 

Interviews with Mr. Pawlikowski

http://www.netribution.co.uk/features/interviews/2001/pawel_pawlikowski/1.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/03/05/pawlikowski_last_resort_interview.shtml