One of the most anticipated television premieres of the fall of 2015 was the series Londongrad. Reviews about the STS channel project, as always, range from the most enthusiastic to the most derogatory. So, what is this time about in the serial film, which was produced by one of the most popular channels in Russia?
"Londongrad": reviews of the film. The creators of the series
For the implementation of the project of the STS television channel, director Dmitry Kiselev took over , who previously worked on the films Yolki 1914 and Gentlemen, Good Luck! Kiselev on the set was helped by directors Vitaly Shepelev, Vlad Nikolaev (Poor Nastya) and Kirill Kuzin (War of the Sexes).
Adventurous action - this is how the genre in which the series "Londongrad" was created. The reviews of the audience show that the directors were quite able to create an adventure atmosphere in the film.
Three scriptwriters wrote the script for the project at once: Mikhail Idov (Dukhless-2), Andrey Ryvkin (Inspired) and Elena Vanina.
Behind the camera were Denis Madyshev (“Southern Nights”, “Amazons”), Alexander Kuznetsov (“SashaTanya”, “Zaitsev + 1”) and Denis Panov (“Savages”, “Artifact”).
The film was produced by Vyacheslav Murugov (Ranetki, Voroniny), Alexander Kessel (The Diary of Doctor Zaitseva) and Kirill Balmin (If the Bride Is a Witch).
The premiere took place on September 4, 2015. According to the STS TV channel, every fifth Muscovite watched the pilot series of the project.
Nikita Efremov as Misha Kulikov
In the center of the plot of the series is Mikhail Kulikov, who was once a student of Oxford, but could not finish it. The enterprising Russian did not want to leave London, and in order to ensure his existence in one of the most expensive capitals in the world, he founded the agency Londongrad.
Reviews of the film, voiced by critics and viewers, indicate that the audience appreciated the intention of the scriptwriters in their own right. Londongrad is a business that, probably, in England could only have occurred to a Russian: the agency’s employees help the Russian-speaking
population of London to solve their problems of varying difficulty. For example, you need to meet at the airport and put in a taxi? Mikhail Kulikov is right there! Need to beat off the London cops? And here Misha can help. This is how a young man lives, happily ever after, until Alice appears on his horizon - another “order”.
Nikita Efremov has long established itself as a worthy actor. And his surname is mentioned more and more often not in connection with belonging to a well-known dynasty, but in connection with the artist’s successful film works: Efremov can be seen in the action movie “The Insatiable”, in the military film “The Ballad of the Bomber”, in the series “Eighties” and the melodrama “Cinderella” ". However, Nikita still has the main roles ahead: in 2016 the premiere of the film “The Commander of the Polar Star” will take place, in which the actor will play Semyon Chelyuskin, as well as the film “King of Madagascar”, where Efremov will get a no less colorful role.
Ingrid Olerinskaya as Alice
Once, an order was received at the Londongrad agency from a Russian billionaire who asked to find his daughter in London: it turns out she fled there without the knowledge of her parents. Mikhail Kulikov, of course, finds Alice, but it turns out that getting her to do what he needs is not so easy! Moreover, Alice is imposed on Michael as a partner and begins to work at his agency. What will come of this, viewers will know only towards the end of the series “Londongrad”.
Reviews of critics about the debut work of Ingrid Olerinsky in the movie were the most enthusiastic. We are talking about the film "Inadequate People", in which Ingrid played as a student at a pedagogical institute. The girl still does not have an acting education, but she is quite successfully acting in films: with her participation you can see such films as “Ticket to Vegas”, “Moscow. Three stations ”,“ Ship ”and“ Hugging the sky ”. True, enthusiastic responses about her work no longer sound on all sides.
Sergey Rost in the role of Boris Brickman
Who else of the colorful characters appeared in the series "Londongrad"? The audience’s reviews are very warmly addressed to comedian Sergei Rost, who played the role of the partner of the protagonist - London lawyer Boris Brickman.
Sergei Rost for the first time burst onto television screens along with the humorous program "Caution, Modern!" Then he, along with Dmitry Nagiyev, starred in 100 episodes of this program, playing with his colleague absolutely all on-screen characters.
After Nagiev and Rost quarreled in 2000, the program "Beware, modern!" was closed. But if Nagiyev’s further career was quite tolerable, then Sergey Rost disappeared from the screens for a long time: he appeared only in episodic roles in the films “The Magician’s Adventures”, “Two Fates”, “Streets of Broken Lights” and “Kings Can Do Everything”. The main role went to Rost only once - in the Ukrainian series Taxi.
Londongrad became the second STS project, in which Sergei growth received a fairly large role. The first was the youth film "Angelica."
Regina Myannik in the role of Jeanne Brickman
Regina Myannik is a regular guest of various TV shows. Almost the entire filmography of the actress consists of serial films like the Londongrad project. Reviews of the actress’s game are not always unambiguous: some viewers do not like Regina’s bitchy roles and her hysteria in the frame, others take this for acting talent of the highest degree. You can see the artist in such films as “Late Repentance” by Oksana Bayrak, “Abolition of All Restrictions” by Stanislav Nazirov, “Puppeteers” by Marina Isaeva, and in many other television films.
In Londograd, Myannik played the wife of Brickman's lawyer, Jeanne (a former model and film actress in the present).
Other role performers
The series "Londongrad", reviews of which became evidence of the great popularity of the project, attracted viewers not only by the young screen stars Nikita Efremov and Ingrid Olerinskaya, but also by other equally famous names.
For example, theater actor Oleg Tabakova Pavel Ilyin (Doctor Tyrsa) and Nikita Panfilov, who is known to everyone for his roles in the TV series Sweet Life and How I Became Russian, appeared in the frame.
Kirill Dubrovitsky (“Juna”) played Alice’s father and oligarch in combination, and Sergey Lanbamin (“Adjutant of Love”) - a resident of the SVR. Also on the screens you can see Gosha Kutsenko (“Love-Carrot”), Alik Smekhova (“Balzakov’s age, or All his men”) and Maxim Vitorgan (“Radio Day”).
“Londongrad. Know our! ”: Reviews of film critics
The series about the adventures of Mikhail Kulikov in London was released in September 2015, and a few days later the first reviews appeared in the periodical press. How do critics evaluate the film "Londongrad"?
Criticism this time was very encouraging. Everyone expected to see on the screens a banal sitcom like the Voronins, but a really worthwhile picture developed on the screen, which can be fascinating. In addition, the situation according to which the protagonist solves the problems of Russians in London can be called original. That is why watching a movie becomes even more fun.
Viewers reviews
October 22, 2015 is the date when the last episode was shown from the series Londongrad. Reviews of viewers on the network come down to the fact that the audience would love to see the continuation of the film. Fans of the series were happy with everything: plot twists and actors' play. Many noted that a new era began for the STS channel, in which the television company finally learned how to release worthwhile projects.
As for the continuation of Londongrad, so far none of the representatives of STS have spoken on this subject.