Count Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer) renounces his nobility, his property, his family, eating meat—and now he threatens to give away the rights to his novels. It’s more than the Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren)—his wife and faithful partner of almost 50 years, mother of his 13 children—can abide. “Like a great night at the theater! The two performing demons go at each other full tilt and produce scenes of Shakespearean affection, chagrin, and rage” (New Yorker). “Two powerful actors keep us wondering whether this train is bound for war or peace” (St. Louis Dispatch).