Discovering Russian Literature discussion

I just saw this film a few days ago. I love Christopher Plummer and James MacAvoy, so I was predisposed to like it, though I admit I didn't really know too much about Tolstoy's life prior to this.

It seemed to capture a tension between some of Tolstoy's ideals and his worldly life. I wondered how much of the tension he personally felt and how much was just created by others, though. Several times in the movie he seemed to indicate that some of the "rules" of his followers didn't accurately portray his perspective.

Anyway, I also enjoyed the love story, and the fact that it was based on a real person's written accounts.

Has anyone else seen this movie?

I watched the film some months ago, I was actually planning to post topic to recommend but you got faster haha
I do love all the cast I thought they were really well chosen and very talented! McAvoy was really sweet and funny with those nerves attacks. I specially enjoyed the relation and performance of Plummer and Mirren as the Tolstoy marriage. I felt more sympathy for Sophia than for Tolstoy, even with her manipulations, I could understand her reasons. I also had the feeling that even with the "artistic differences" and arguments they did love each other.
I haven't read much of Tolstoy's life, just articles here and there and introductions of his books. According to what I've read, it's true the marriage had a difficult relation and that they argued because of the copyrights, leading to what happens in the movie. I also found on internet real bio information about James McAvoy's role in film.
In the introduction of my (spanish) edition of Anna Karenina, chritic says in the biography section, that Tolstoy felt he was being a hypocrite, stating some philosophy he didn't follow himself. According to chritic, that made him fall into a theological/personal chrisis during the period he wrote "Anna Karenina". I've read there and in other articles that the character of Levin in the book is based in his own personality, doubts and thoughts.

Because of the centenary last year of Tolstoy's death, apart of this film, all his books were re-published in Spain in collector editions, also biographies and journals. I've found in library the personal journal of Tolstoy and also of his wife Sofia. "The Last Station" is based on contemporary novel The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy's Last Year by Jay Parini. I would be interested to read it in future.

I watched "The Last Station" a couple of weeks ago and then visited Yasnaya Polyana the next day. The first thing that struck me was how much more modest Tolstoy's home was than the much grander one used as the setting for the film. I supposed the producers and location guys thought this was a more Count-like home, but the real story of why Tolstoy's home was so modest would have been so much more interesting had they alluded to in:

Tolstoy in his youth looses the main estate house in a card game, which is sold and dismantled forcing him to move and subsequently raise his family in the much a smaller outlying building - a 3-4 bedroom maybe 300 m2 (3000 ft2) home.

I watched this two days ago. Their choice of actors/actresses are wonderful but the production seems -I don't know - bit dull. I have mix feelings about this.