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The Last Station

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Illustration by Sean McCabe for TIME

Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren are magnificent as Leo and Sofya Tolstoy in this adaptation of Jay Parini's novel about the bearded eminence's final days. Tolstoy is in his 80s, but the couple is still fighting (and making up) over money, sex and legacy. Now that's complicated.

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