The twelve-episode film Red Mountains was filmed by Central Partnership in 2013. The main characters of the project are young people whose youth fell on the turbulent historical period of the 20s of the last century. The criticism of the series “Red Mountains” is gentle, the reviews and reviews are composed primarily in a positive manner, its IMDb rating is 6.90.
Brief description of the plot
Arkady (E. Tsyganov) was born in an aristocratic family, studied in the cadet corps, preparing for a military career. The guy receives the best education: he is fond of painting, learns to play the violin, attends classes in philosophy, achieves significant success in sports. One day, fate brings him with his orphaned peer Ilya (A. Bardukov), growing up in a completely different environment. After the elder brother is killed in front of the boy, a native of the Land of the Rising Sun is engaged in his upbringing. He teaches the youth of Japanese philosophy, the way of thinking and the wisdom of martial arts. Thanks to the Japanese mentor, Ilya has a certain degree of humility. But the essence of the series “Red Mountains” is not in the story of the formation of the two central characters, everything is much deeper and more complicated.
Main intrigue
The young men manage to maintain true friendship throughout all the stages of the formation of a young country, right up to 1941 - the beginning of a bloody war. Their relationship is complicated by the fact that both heroes fall in love with one beauty (the role is played by M. Kozhevnikova - the star of "Univer"), but after fate destroys them on opposite sides of the barricades. In the reviews of the film "Red Mountains" the script of Grigory Manukov is praised, emphasizing the intrigue and the relentless tension of the story. Even the theme of the classic love triangle is filed with a significant share of suspense and unpredictable denouement. Director Igor Zaitsev attracted the film with a completely different level of relationships, dilemmas that key characters face. Another historical era, respectively, other relations. Thanks to the professionalism of the director, the images of the main characters look realistic on the screen, are perceived very believably, prompting those who look to empathize and feel ownership of what is happening. It is not surprising that many domestic critics in the reviews of the film "Red Mountains" positioned the project as one of the best in the filmography of the visionary Zaitsev.
Casting cast
The project, according to the verdict, announced in the reviews of the film "Red Mountains", was lucky, because on its set really talented actors gave life to their characters. If the artists Tsyganov and Bardukov have already gained fame among the viewers with the prevailing roles, then Maria Kozhevnikova is in the midst of creative research. In each new image played, the viewer opens a new facet of her talent. Speaking of casting, Igor Zaitsev defends the artist from all the attacks of critics, stating that Maria is a real dramatic actress. According to the audience in the reviews, Kozhevnikova in the movie "Red Mountains" is positive, musical, contagious.
A long-standing dream of the director was cooperation with Zaitsev, known not only as a wonderful performer, but also as a talented visionary. According to Zaitsev, during the production process they had creative disputes and debates that made adjustments to the plot.
An undoubted decoration of the project was the acting game of Evgeny Dyatlov - the master of domestic cinema in the best traditions of Smoktunovsky, Tovstonogov, Lebedev. The actor embodied on the screen the image of the geography teacher Arseny, who dreams of traveling with Roerich, to comprehend the divine beauty of nature, but forced to be a Chekist and administer justice.
Summary
Reviews of the film "Red Mountains" are diverse, but mostly positive, both from movie experts and ordinary people. The project was created by a strong tandem of professionals, truly gifted, creative personalities, so the series, of course, received recognition from a wide audience and occupied a worthy niche among the original products of domestic television. Considering the fact that the air is currently clogged with criminal stories about murders or other atrocities, cheap family dramas, the Zaitsev project compares favorably with them. That is why it can be recommended for viewing.