In the seventies, the dramatic film Swedish Love Story was released. The film was widely known not only in Sweden, but also abroad. It tells about love between two teenagers, a modern version of the story of the well-known Shakespearean heroes. Andrei Zaitsev was inspired by the work of the Swedish director and shot the film "14+ First Love Story". He was looking for actors among students of theatrical universities. Zaitsev went along a rather original path. About the plot and actors of the film "14+ The First Love Story" is described in this article.
Main roles
The complex relationship between adolescents and adults, sincere feelings that only children and adolescents can experience are described in the film “14+ First Love Story”. Actors who got the main roles are not professionals. The director of the film found them in Vkontakte, having previously reviewed more than a thousand candidates. As a result, Ulyana Vaskovich and Gleb Kalyuzhny approved the main roles.
What can you tell about the actors of the film "14+ First Love Story"? They played convincingly. Perhaps it was precisely because they were accidentally on the set.
Ulyana Vaskova
The leading woman in the movie "14+ First Love Story" plans to continue her film career. After graduation, Ulyana is going to enter a theater university. The young actress was born in Moscow in 1998. For several years she attended the theater club.
Gleb Kalyuzhny
Thanks to his role in "14+ Stories of First Love", the actor (a photo of Gleb can be seen in the article) gained a large number of fans. After graduating from the ninth grade, he entered a technical school. But Gleb discovered creative inclinations in early childhood. At school, he studied music, even wrote songs. Kalyuzhny plans to continue his education in one of the capital's theater universities.
Other actors in the film "14+ History of First Love": O. Ozollapinya, D. Blokhin, I.F., V. Goryachkin, S. Berkeshi, D. Pikula, D. Barinov, K. Pakhomova.
Plot
The plot focuses on the relationship of two lovers who are barely 14 years old. First adolescent love is always a huge event for young people. Great when it is approved by others. However, this film shows the story of the modern heroes of the Shakespeare drama, where the main characters live on social networks, while from childhood they absorbed the cruel rules and laws of the streets that they do not want to follow. Together they have to go through many tests.
Their schools have been at odds with each other for many years, this love is in some way a betrayal. Parents are not ready to come to terms with the fact that their children are rapidly growing up and are individuals capable of conscious and independent choices. In addition to external factors, young lovers are disturbed by their own fears and complexes, the difficulty of taking the first step and the uncertainty in the feelings of another. Teenagers are sure that it is only necessary to reveal how they are pushed away.
Negative circumstances can easily destroy love, but what if it is stronger than all this? The guys must endure many strength tests for the sake of their union, future and the right to be what they themselves want. Two young people are ready to go to the end and no matter what awaits them in the end. Against the background of the sleeping area of the big city, a drama unfolds in which teenagers can easily lose themselves or gain what they most want ...
"14+ First Love Story": reviews
For many, this film caused nostalgia. Nonetheless, I have mixed reviews about the Zaitsev film. Some viewers, for example, celebrate the unprofessional play of the actors. Still, about a film about pure teenage love, reviews are more positive than negative. Moreover, this film is praised not only by ordinary viewers, but also by famous movie figures. N. Mikhalkov called it one of the best films of the two thousandth.