Maniac domestic thriller “Steel Butterfly” (actors: D. Melnikova, A. Bely, D. Moroz, P. Vins) - the second work of director Davletyarov. The director in this project respected the unwritten genre canons, so the film turned out to be watchable. True, the domestic thriller did not become a masterpiece, it has rather serious shortcomings, however, the picture has many advantages.
Quality scenario
The script of the film is made professionally and very high quality. The thriller "Steel Butterfly", the actors and roles of which are perfectly matched to each other, most likely will cause a real condescending smile among real law enforcement officials. Surely they will find in the narrative a lot of major errors and inaccuracies, but in the cinematic terms this is not important. After all, the project of Davletyarov is a maniac thriller, and not a realistic crime drama, that is, a modernized fairy tale for adults about a new round of the struggle between Good and Evil. But all the canons of the genre in the movie "Steel Butterfly" (actors - performers of the main roles - have repeatedly noted this aspect) scriptwriters Yuri Korotkov and Natalya Vorozhbit withstood excellently.
Plot
According to the plot of the film, in Moscow, on one of the outskirts, a psychopath woke up, killing very young high school girls. The investigation has reached an impasse, and the operative Khanin (Bely), having tried all possible options, makes a difficult decision. He intends to catch a maniac on live bait. He plans to make the bait a homeless girl with the corresponding character nickname - Chuma (Melnikova). The girl is just going through the iPhone theft case. The film Steel Butterfly has such an intrigue. The actors and roles of the film were selected by the creators ideally, it is thanks to their inspired play that the viewer closes his eyes to individual artificial moments or inconsistencies of the script.
"Father's daughter"
However, the intrigue of the narrative and the efforts of the scriptwriters would have been in vain if the performers of the roles of the central characters could not cope with the task. To the great relief, the actors played excellently. Daria Melnikova, beloved by the viewer “father’s daughter”, did not easily get accustomed to the brightest image of the bold street child of the Plague. But the actress tried very hard, so the result was quite decent. A girl from five years old was professionally engaged in dancing, made her film debut in the movie "Cinderella 4x4". Three years ago, Daria graduated from the Higher Theater School, her filmography includes almost 30 films. But the actress received comprehensive popularity after participating in the domestic cart “Daddy's Daughters”. The real Melnikova is already 20 years old, in the film Davletyarov she plays a 15-16-year-old heroine. By the way, the name of the picture is the name of a knock-out knife, which the main character of the film Steel Butterfly masterfully handles. The actors were often surprised at how the fragile actress managed with him, transforming into a young thief who escaped from a special detention center.
Severe Law Enforcer
Much of the thriller also depended on the performer of the main male role of the heroic operative Hanin. The actors of the film Steel Butterfly noted that Anatoly Bely played his role with sniper accuracy. A law enforcement officer with a severe character and a difficult fate won the sympathy of the viewer without any special tricks of the creators. Anatoly Bely (Vaysman) - Honored Artist of Russia, theater and film actor. The number of films in which he starred exceeded a significant figure of 80. He is indescribably good in the role of Grigory Khanin. The actor was faced with a difficult task, playing a positive character is always difficult, you cannot make him slurred or too oversized. But Bely coped with the task, literally from the first minutes of timekeeping, it becomes clear why his hero commands all the others and why the very young Plague and the wayward heroine of actress Daria Moroz fell in love with such a harsh, sometimes even vile type.
Fighting girlfriend
Initially, a completely different actress was approved for the role of Tatyana, a friend of Hanin. She even managed to film herself in several takes, but Renat Davletyarov suddenly decided to replace her with the languid beauty Daria Moroz. The actress was given only one day to prepare the role, after which all the scenes in which Tatyana participated were re-shot. Actress Daria Moroz is extremely socially organic and flexible, she began acting in films in her school years. She made her debut in the title role in the picture of George Danelia "Fortune". After which she secured the title of a sought-after and popular theater and film actress. Now she is working on new projects. Among the new films with the participation of Frost stand out "Conductor", "Tale." There is "and the series" The Long Way Home "," House with Lilies "," Department "and, of course," Steel Butterfly ". The actors who worked with Moroz on the project, noted her extraordinary performance and talent.
Within the genre
The entire film crew - director, cameraman, decorators - managed to recreate the typical, recognizable atmosphere of modernity on the screen. And the merit of the casting in that they were able to convince the viewer that the screen is not actors among the scenery, but their living and real contemporaries. Such tasks can be solved only by professionals. Another plus of the picture can be safely considered an incendiary soundtrack.