On Channel One, the premiere of a new series - an eight-episode television film about the activities of agents that were introduced by foreign intelligence agencies in various Russian state institutions and big business, took place. The activities of "sleeping" spies are changing due to the international crisis. This article will tell about the plot of the series "Sleeping" and reviews from critics. The theme of the history of the creation of this spy drama will also be touched upon, information about the actors and the director will be provided. Reviews of the series "Sleeping" (2017) are especially interesting in the context of the plot, previous works of the director of the picture, producers and actors.
Series script
According to the reviews of film critics about the series Sleeping, this is a rather interesting spy thriller, the events of which unfold in modern Russia. During the political crisis in the Middle East, a series of incidents took place in Moscow that, it would seem, are not interconnected: the suicide of an influential official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the penetration of mercenaries into the territory of the state to carry out a major terrorist act, and the official statement by a well-known human rights activist about bribery in state security agencies . Colonel Rodionov, who returned to Moscow from a long foreign business trip, is the main employee of the group that is engaged in identifying the links between these events. This unit should identify and suppress the activities of foreign intelligence, which in reality is behind this difficult and dangerous situation. Reviews about the series "Sleeping" (2016) by film professionals are mostly positive.
All the characters in the series are fictional, and all coincidences with real life are random. But similar cases in one form or another occur in today's Russia. The scriptwriter and director create artistic images not in an airless space, but on the foundation of real-life processes in the social and political spheres of our country. According to critics' reviews of the series Sleepers, this is an artistic creation about the confrontation between the two systems, where the main characters fall in love, hate, and become traitors. This series is a spy thriller, drama, and a classic love triangle.
The main characters of the series
The two main characters of the series are an officer of the Federal Security Service Andrei Rodionov (Igor Petrenko) and journalist Ivan Zhuravlev (Dmitry Ulyanov). They were friends in the past, then their paths diverged. Rodionov received the rank of FSB colonel, Zhuravlev is a very respected journalist. One is a government official of conservative views, the other is an absolute liberal. On many issues, they do not find agreement, they are constantly debating what should happen to Russia, on which way it should go forward. The television film shows the work of the media, the journalistic community, bloggers, human rights defenders and people who fight corruption, as well as engage in other public activities. Describing the activities of special services, the scriptwriter tried to get away from the patterns. The series shows the war of two professional intelligence, each of which is fighting for the interests of its state. This is a real chess game where rivals play on equal terms. The script for the film Sleeping shows the activities of the special services, drawing on the revelations of former officers.
Screenwriter Sergey Minaev
The script of the serial film was created by one of the most successful and popular Russian authors of the beginning of the 2000s. Sergey Minaev gained fame thanks to his first work "Duhless". A story about a fake person "about the moral suffering of an ordinary representative of the Moscow elite, for whom money and material values are always a priority. The total circulation of book sales has exceeded one million copies, the book has been translated into many languages. Based on the plot of this book, a film was created with Danila Kozlovsky starring in the film “The Heifers. Poem about Fake Love”, the film is also being shot, however, other works by Minaev did not become as popular as “Duhless”. Sergey Minaev is also a famous and successful television presenter. At different periods of his life, he worked on NTV, TV Center, and Mayak radio stations.
In 2011 he was awarded in the nomination "The best presenter of conversational radio broadcasting", and since 2015 he has been managing the Russian edition of Esquire. Sleeping is the first television film for which Sergey Minaev is specially developing the script. In one of his interviews, he admits that he always dreamed of filming a spy thriller. According to the scriptwriter, the plot was based on a story told to him by familiar security officials.
Opinion of Sergey Minaev
According to Sergey Minaev, a magnificent spy thriller was filmed. He is proud of his creative work. Of course, I had to change some things that pointed to certain real people. The screenwriter was given advice by current security officials. Certain facts were not included in the film for the reason that they are still a state secret. However, the methods of transmitting information and the methods that the special services use in their activities to recruit someone are shown very reliably. Reviews of film critics about the series "Sleeping" confirm that the plot of the film is quite interesting and non-trivial.
TV series director
Yuri Bykov is a professional director who has proved himself in various fields of cinematography. He graduated from the acting department of the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography, after which he played leading roles in several theaters in the capital, but soon began to shoot his own cinema. Yuri Bykov received many cinematic awards for his work. For example, he won the Best Screenplay Award (the Nika Award and the Kinotavr Award for the movie The Fool), as well as for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nika Award for the scandalous Major movie). The rights to broadcast and stage his criminal thriller Major were acquired by the largest Internet portal Netflix. The famous director is a screenwriter, director, music writer, editor, as well as a supporting actor in this feature film. The mass television audience Yuri Bykov became known after the television series "Method" with Konstantin Khabensky in the title role - he was the director of the first part of the multi-part thriller. The series "Sleeping" (according to critics) is an excellent directorial work in which the talent of Yuri Bykov is perfectly manifested.
Producer Fedor Bondarchuk
The loudest and most famous names in the production group of the series are Fedor Bondarchuk and Vyacheslav Murugov. Bondarchuk, who made his debut as a director of music videos, was the creator of the most profitable films of Russian cinema, including Stalingrad, The Ninth Company, and Inhabited Island. Among the projects in which he was a producer are also the following: “Battalion”, “HEAT”, “Good Boy”. In addition, in the past he had already collaborated with Sergey Minaev - it was Bondarchuk who was the producer of two parts of the film Duhless. According to critics, the series Sleepers was also known for the excellent work of the producers. Of course, the producers are not the main reason for the success of the series, but one of them.
Vyacheslav Murugov
Vyacheslav Murugov is the managing director of the STS Media media group and the STS television channel. He began his activities at the Club of Cheerful and Resourceful - Murugov was the founder of the BSU team, which in 1999 and 2000 became the winner of the Premier League. After that, he worked as a screenwriter in a large number of television programs, and since 2000 he was the producer of many TV shows. Today, Murugov is the producer of more than 130 high-quality television projects, including Kitchens, Youth, Eighties, Closed School, Voronins, and the London series. Know ours. ” He received the TEFI Award twelve times. According to Russian newspaper reviews, the Sleeping TV series in 2017 became one of the most discussed and popular, attracted the attention of many figures in the field of cinematography.
Igor Petrenko - leading actor
The main role in the famous espionage series is played by Igor Petrenko. The fame for the young actor brought roles in the films "Star" of Nikolai Lebedev (for playing the role of scout Travkin Petrenko was awarded the prize "Nick") and "Driver for Vera" of the great Chukhrai. Recently, Igor Petrenko often starred in television series. He played the role of Sherlock Holmes in the film by Georgy Bavadze, a lover of collecting Dubrovsky’s paintings in the short detective Tamara, police major Viktor Kratov in The Black Cat. His last role in the movie is the assistant of Prince Yaropolk Varyazhko in the main Russian movie Viking in 2016.
Discussions and reviews on the series "Sleeping"
According to critics, the 2017 Sleeping series for the first time in democratic Russia demonstrates to Russian viewers on the main federal television channel a beautifully shot propaganda product that clearly and clearly identifies all ideological and moral accents. All past attempts in Russian television to shoot a high-quality film product that would glorify the state can hardly be called quite satisfactory. Highly artistic Soviet cinema no longer fits the criteria of high-quality propaganda and modern requirements of the audience. And every day, American propaganda films and programs that defend America's state interests and show Russians the main villains and criminals were broadcast in large numbers on all domestic television channels. In reality, domestic television praises the moral and political rival of Russia and the Russian people for the money of taxpayers. Moreover, the American population itself does not invest a single dollar in this propaganda. Any of the most professional intelligence and spies of Western countries can not do much more harm to Russia than Russian media, especially television. This is the opinion many experts adhere to. According to reviews, the series "Sleeping" (Russia) reliably shows the socio-political situation in the country.
Condemnation of the series by the liberal public
In the liberal camp, after the release of this series, a real commotion began. Representatives of the liberal public criticized and condemned the series and its director, Yuri Bykov. Many open liberals have claimed that this film product is a state order praising the harsh methods of the intelligence services. The film was especially fiercely criticized by Dmitry Bykov (literary critic, radio and television presenter, publicist), saying that this was pure propaganda and a call to suppress human rights and freedoms. According to reviews, the series Sleepers (2017) condemns the liberal fifth column.
Expert opinion
Many experts have the impression that the highest officials of the Russian government decided to seriously and systematically engage in a change in public consciousness in the state in the direction of conservatism, statehood and patriotism. This, in particular, is evidenced by the latest personnel shifts in the governor’s corps. Experts believe that the personnel "purge" will soon affect directly Russian government officials and senior managers. Numerous reviews from critics about the series Sleepers (2017) confirm this, as do the words of political scientists.
Conclusion
The new series "Sleeping" openly tells about how subversive activities of foreign special services are carried out on the territory of our state, how terrorist attacks are planned, how domestic intelligence fights all this. The series "Sleeping" (2017), according to reviews and discussions of critics, forms a patriotic view of the activities of Russian special services and state activities in general.