In 2015, the premiere of the drama Moscow Never Sleeps took place. Positive reviews accounted for 75% of all critics' reviews. How is this movie different from others and why is it worth watching?
Filmmakers
The painting “Moscow Never Sleeps”, reviews of which could be read in periodicals at the end of September 2015, was shot by Irish director Johnny O'Reilly. He wrote the script for the film and produced it. At the same time, the cast of the drama is one hundred percent staffed of Russian actors. The shooting really took place in Moscow.
Johnny O'Reilly already had experience filming Russian cinema: in 2010 the thriller “Hide!” Was shot, which was shot in Russia with the participation of Russian actors.
Behind the camera stood Fedor Lyass, who shot the series Homeland and Thaw.
The music was written by composer Roman Litvinov for the painting “Moscow Never Sleeps”. The artist is Elizaveta Zaletaeva, who also worked on the paintings “Horoscope for Good Luck”, “Cinderella” and many others.
Short story
The film “Moscow Never Sleeps,” which audience reviews are less enthusiastic than critics, has a structure of short stories. Such a director’s technique has become popular lately: in the film there are several main characters at once, they practically never occur in the frame, but their fates are united by a fine thread. In this case, all the heroes are united only by the fact that they live in Moscow.
On the eve of City Day, an extraordinary situation occurs with each of the characters, which forces him to show his willpower and character. Each of the main characters receives an important life lesson. And all their fates together is a collective portrait of the inhabitants of one of the most dynamic cities in the world - Moscow.
It is noteworthy that the Irish director shot his picture without "home-grown balalaika and bears on the street", that is, stamps. Although one can argue with this - there are certainly controversial issues.
Moscow Never Sleeps: actors. Yuri Stoyanov
Yuri Stoyanov is an actor who knows how to decorate any film with his presence. Despite the fact that this artist is more familiar to the audience for his participation in the humorous program "Town", his talent goes far beyond the comedic role.
Yuri Stoyanov has repeatedly argued that dramatic complex roles are also about him. This is evidenced by the work of the actor in the series "On the Wings" and "Swallow's Nest", as well as in the historical film "The White Guard". Moscow Never Sleeps is a film that is also one such evidence.
In 2016, four film premieres with the participation of the actor are expected at once: the film adaptation of the works of Yevgeny Sukhov “The Diamonds of Stalin”, the television novel “Indian Summer”, the comedy “Graphomania” and the parable “Shadow”. In addition, Stoyanov constantly takes part in television programs.
Evgenia Brik
In the film “Moscow Never Sleeps”, the actors of the young generation are represented by Elena Shilova, Oleg Vasilkov and many others. But the main role - the singer, who has to make a choice between love and money, went to Evgenia Brik.
Eugene is a graduate of GITIS. In the past she worked as a model. Her acting career began with an episodic role in the film Interesting Men. Then the young actress appeared in the film "Northern Lights", in the series "Turetsky March" and "Kamenskaya".
The first main role of Eugenia - the role of Slavka in the comedy "Count of Monte Negro", where the actress played a couple with Alexander Domogarov. Then there were the paintings “Love as a motive”, “S. S. D. ”,“ The geographer drank the globe ”,“ The Dark World: Balance ”and many others. In 2016, two premieres with the participation of the actress are expected: the biographical film "These Eyes Are Opposite" and the comedy "Friday" with Daniil Kozlovsky in the title role.
Mikhail Efremov
Moscow Never Sleeps is a film in which comedic talent of Mikhail Efremov came in handy.
Mikhail is the son of the famous director and actor of Soviet cinema Oleg Efremov. However, he earned his name and fame solely through his comedic gift, and not through family ties.
It all started with quite serious roles that the young artist trusted in the Soviet Union: Efremov Jr. played Dubrovsky in the film of the same name, Peter III in the film “Vivat, Midshipmen!”, Mikhail Rubtsov in “The Blackmailer”. But the older Mikhail Olegovich became, the brighter his comedic talent was manifested. This was especially noticed by the audience after the role of the broken Alexei Zhgut in the series “Border. Taiga novel. "
Nowadays, the actor has formed a stable role of a comic character and he practically does not play serious heroes.
Other role performers
The film "Moscow Never Sleeps", which premiered on September 3, 2015, is distinguished by a good cast.
In addition to Efremov, Stoyanov, Brik, Alexei Serebryakov, known for the film Leviathan, was involved in the drama. Again, this actor appeared before the audience in the image of a “heroic” man fighting against injustice.
Also in the frame appeared Sofya Resnyanskaya (Apofegay), Tamara Spiricheva (The Beauharnais Effect), Sergey Belov (Odessa-Mama) and many others.
"Moscow never sleeps": reviews
As always, critics and viewers were divided into two camps: the former criticize the film for inconsistency and lack of an interesting plot, the latter admire the heroes and advise watching a movie by Johnny O'Reilly. Who to believe?
Perhaps no one should be taken for a word, but it is necessary to review the picture and draw up an opinion about it. Any film and performance must be based on the active action of the main characters, a whole chain of conflict situations, which comes to its logical conclusion and denouement. This is a classic of drama and directing. But recently, many filmmakers have neglected these laws and presented the viewer with paintings that are more reminiscent of an essay, a sketch, an excerpt from the film, rather than a full-fledged film. The “blurred” finale, which does not put a bullet in the whole story, is also widely used in the latest cinema. Such techniques have their opponents and their supporters.
Also, viewers reproach the director and screenwriter that the characters in his film are unnatural and unlikely to have prototypes in real life. Petty criminals and hooligans are shown too caricature: allegedly such fools were not among the bandits even in the 90s. Be that as it may, the rating of the film according to IMDb is 6.30. At the same time, the tape did not pay off at the box office.