At the end of 2000, lovers of “soulful” cinema clung to TV screens every evening to follow the development of the fascinating plot of the multi-part film Border. Taiga novel. " What was the series about and why was it so successful?
The series "Border. Taiga novel ": a short story
The plot of the film revolves around a classic love triangle.
Captain Nikita Goloshchekin (Alexey Guskov) lives with his wife (Olga Budina) in a garrison town in the Far East. He is a strong-willed and ambitious person, therefore existence only on a salary is not an option for him. Nikita contacts the smugglers and, for a fee, helps them smuggle drugs across the border.
Goloshchekin used to win, but in his personal life he crashes: his wife Marina absolutely does not have any feelings for him, moreover, she preferred the young officer Lieutenant Ivan (Marat Basharov) to the successful officer. Enraged, Goloshchekin makes several attempts to kill his opponent, as a result of which he himself dies.
The film "The Border. Taiga novel ”concerns the fate of many residents of the garrison, but the relationship between Marina and Ivan remains the central melodramatic line.
Filmmakers
The series "Border. Taiga novel ”was very popular among viewers thanks in large part to its talented staging work and a fascinating script.
The director of the picture, Alexander Mitta, is known for his works “My Friend, Kolka!”, “They Call, Open the Door” and “Burn, Burn, My Star”. Mitta won the State Prize of the Russian Federation for the film “The Border. Taiga novel. " How many episodes did the director need to tell an entertaining story about the life of the garrison town? Only eight, and the total duration of the mounted material was 450 minutes.
The script was written by Zoya Kudrya, who later wrote the scripts for such famous films as “Admiral” and “Liquidation”. The operator of the picture was Sergey Astakhov (participated in the projects “Brother 1, 2” by A. Balabanov), and Maxim Dunaevsky and Igor Matvienko worked on musical accompaniment.
Finally, the producers were such well-known personalities as Anatoly Maksimov and Konstantin Ernst, who jointly co-starred Night Watch, Plot, and many other films.
Alexey Guskov as Nikita Goloshchekin
The project of
Alexander Mitta mainly came from young little-known actors. "The border. Taiga novel ”for Alexei Guskov, he was already the fifteenth in a row - the actor has been acting in films since 1985.
Guskov has a rather "characteristic" appearance: dark small eyes, sharp features, a low voice. Maybe that is why the vast majority of directors offer the actor the roles of villains and criminals. "The border. Taiga novel "is no exception: Guskov got a sharply negative character.
Among the merits of Nikita Goloshchekin, one can only mention decisiveness, determination and unbending will. But even these character traits are hypertrophied by Officer Goloshchekin: he is not just tough, he is really cruel. His love for his wife comes down only to the desire to completely subjugate her and use the woman as a thing when he pleases. Nikita also does not bother with rivals for a long time: he eliminates them not even with meanness - to kill for him in the order of things. This arrogance also played a cruel joke with Goloshchekin - an attempt at another murder ends with his own death.
Marat Basharov and his character Ivan Stolbov
For each role, the project director carefully selected the most suitable actors. "The border. Taiga novel ”became for Marat Basharov the seventh film in which he took part. In the piggy bank of Basharov, there was already the role of Polievsky in The Siberian Barber, Zvorygin in the Voroshilovsky Arrow, but the series The Taiga Romance secured the actor the glory of a real romantic and womanizer: throughout the film, the audience watched his young and passionate the character does not retreat from his beloved woman, despite the dangerous opponent and all the attendant difficulties.
Ivan Stolbov first meets Marina in the medical unit after the accident that happened to him. He fell in love with the nurse who looked after him - a classic of the genre. Only romantic Ivan did not imagine that life could pay for it.
Olga Budina as Marina
The film "The Border. Taiga novel ”- one of the first to bring Olga Budina the main role. It was after this picture that the young and attractive actress began to receive offers to participate in the best film projects of 2000: “Empire under attack”, “Bayazet”, “Idiot”, etc.
Tender and incredibly feminine, she looked best in the frame in the role of a caring nurse Marina. Goloshchekina - the exact opposite of her husband - admits in one of the episodes that she married her, yielding to an incredible onslaught on his part. The soft woman was not able to withstand the tough and decisive Nikita. But when Marina meets Ivan, she first decides to fight for her happiness.
Other actors ("Border. Taiga novel")
We have listed the main characters of the series. The project also involved actors who later became very popular. "The border. The Taiga novel ”became an important milestone in the career of Elena Panova (“ Shadow Boxing ”,“ The Dark World ”), Mikhail Efremov (“ Antikiller ”,“ Plot ”), Renata Litvinova (“ Goddess: How I Loved ”,“ Black Room ” ), Andrei Panin (“Driver for Faith”, “Bastards”), Vladimir Simonov (“Children of the Arbat”, “Dostoevsky”), Alexei Panin (“Payback for Love”, “Moscow History”), etc.
Finally, the soundtrack to the film “Border. Taiga novel ”- the song“ You Carry Me, River ”- repeatedly appeared on many radio stations of the former CIS and entered the album of the Lyube group“ Come on ... ”.