"AlekseiGhermanjunior’sfilmTheLastTrainpremieredinMoscowinmidDecemberduringthefilmfestivalStalker,whichalsoawardedittheprizeforthebestfilm.However,itsfirstscreeninghadalreadytakenplaceinthe‘controcorrente’competitionoftheVeniceFilmFestivalinSeptember.Thefilm,dealingwiththemeofwarandshotinblackandwhite,remainedunnoticedbythepressinthecontextoftheVeniceFilmFestival(preoccupiedalmostexclusivelywithZviagintsev’sTheReturn),althoughitwasawardedaprize.InMoscow,itmaderatheradifferentimpression,especiallywhensetinthecontextoffilmsdealingwithhumanrightsissues.
Gherman’sfilmis,inasense,aresponsetohisfather’swarfilm20DayswithoutWar.Maybethisexplainstheoddityofayoung,clearlytalenteddirectorventuringonhisdebutfilmintothetroddenterritoriesofthewarfilm,athemethatdominatedRussiancinemaingeneral,buthadalsobeendealtwithbyhisfather.ForGhermanJunior,however,warknowsneitherwinnersnorlosers:insteadofexploringthehistoryofWWII,Ghermanlooksatthefateoftwomenwhohavefailedtomaketherightchoice(orachoice)attherighttime.Therefore,theyarenowthevictimsofcircumstances,ofpolitics,ofregimes–whichtheyhaveorhavenotelected.Gherman’sconcerniswithpeopleinparticularcircumstances,whicharenottheirchoice,andhowtheycopewiththeseunwantedsituations.
主演：安东尼·麦凯,本·金斯利,艾莎·哈特,沙尔托·科普雷,纽曼·阿卡,盖佐·罗赫里格,加桑·马苏德,塞米·鲍亚吉拉,纳比勒·埃卢比,拉姆齐·法拉加拉,Saïd,Boumazoughe,哈基姆·卓马,拉米斯·阿马尔,大卫·索尔塔尼,Omar,Al-Atawi
