Recently, a new Ukrainian series âForget and Rememberâ (2016) was released on television. Let's find out what it tells about and which artists played the main roles in the project.
The series âForget and Rememberâ (2016)
This project was shot by the famous Ukrainian director Maxim Mekheda. Almost all the shooting took place in the capital of Ukraine and its environs.
By genre, it is a mixture of melodrama and thriller. All events unfold over 12 episodes.
Despite the fact that this project is Ukrainian-made, it is shot in Russian. This was done in order to attract a larger number of viewers not only in their own country, but also in neighboring countries.
Plot
At the center of events is the fate of the inmate of the orphanage - Natasha. Despite her fragility and beauty, she is a smart and resourceful girl, smart beyond her years.
At the beginning of the picture, she has faithful friends, a caring mentor and a beloved guy.
However, when the renowned local entrepreneur and politician Leonid Mazov liked the orphanage, her fate radically changed. Yielding to the entreaties of a charming man, Natasha marries him.
Despite her orphanage education, the girl is trying to meet the new status and is engaged in self-education.
But it soon turns out that her husband is not what she seemed before. In addition to various frauds with the business, he suffers from a mental disorder and constantly beats up his young wife. And so that she did not leave, he surrounded her with guards who did not give the unfortunate one a step to step.
To top it all off, Natasha finds out that Mazov was already married, and the previous spouse died under mysterious circumstances. Fearing that she might become the next, the girl pretends to die and leaves the city according to fake documents.
In the future, she manages to find a handsome guy who becomes her husband. They are happy and soon they will have a daughter.
Years pass, one day Mazov accidentally discovers that Natasha is alive. He decides to return her and avenge everything, using her daughter for this ...
Starring
The main character, the fearless and fragile Natasha, was played in Forget and Remember by Anna Vasilyeva. It is interesting that the actress had to simultaneously fulfill the role of the deceased wife of Mazov in the project.
Before participating in the television series, Vasilyeva managed to star in projects such as "Gamers" (Doc's friend - Umka), "Zemsky doctor. Return â(Oia),â Gordian knot â(Victorâs sister),â The Red Queen â(fashion designer Nadia),â Diggers â(Daria) and others.
After the role of Natasha, Annaâs career went uphill and in 2017 several films came out with her: âYouthâ (Polina), âWait for the unexpectedâ (Tasha) and âForce Majeureâ.
It is worth noting that, unlike most of the Forget and Remember actors, Vasilyeva is not a Ukrainian but a Russian artist, which did not prevent her from fitting in perfectly with the team.
The main villain of the project performed by Alexander Nikolaevich Kobzar
The role of the charismatic and resourceful Mazov was played by the Honored Artist of Ukraine - Alexander Kobzar.
To date, his track record has 69 roles in film and television. The most famous works of Kobzar are âNine Lives of Nestor Makhnoâ, âMadhouseâ, âSecond to ...â, âI Will Not Tellâ, âMatchâ, âRageâ, âThe Last Role of Ritaâ, âDeath to Spies. The hidden enemy â,â Guide â,â While the village is sleeping â,â Eight âandâ Relatives â.
Despite the enormous infection on the set, Alexander Kobzar plays in parallel at the Lesya Ukrainka Russian Drama Theater in Kiev .
Who played A. Getmansky?
A slightly more modest (than Kobzar's) filmography was from another actor in the project, who played the investigator Uvalov - who defended Natasha from her husband even at the cost of his own life. This role went to the Honored and People's Artist of Ukraine - Alexander Getmansky.
This wonderful actor has played in films and television on more than 50 different characters. In most cases, he got the roles of military and law enforcement officers (âWerewolf Trailâ, âEnemy Number Oneâ, âGuardian Angelâ, âOld Colonelsâ, âDragon Syndromeâ). But at the same time, there are also unusual heroes in his track record (âSeveral Love Storiesâ, âEmbroiderer at Duskâ, âHealing with Loveâ, âStrange Christmasâ, âWhile the Village Sleepsâ, âBrotherly Tiesâ, âGuideâ).
Like Kobzar, Getmansky plays on the stage of the Lesya Ukrainka Theater.
Forget and Remember Project: Secondary Actors
In addition to the above artists, other performers played in this television movie.
This is the young actress of the Moscow theater "Sovremennik" (originally from Dnepropetrovsk) - Tatyana Lyalina ("Catherine: Rise", "Female Doctor", "Major"). She got the role of Natashaâs orphanage friend, Ani.
The second close acquaintance of the main character was performed by the actress of the Drama and Comedy Theater on the left bank of the Dnieper - Oksana Zhdanova ("Lyalya Mutton", "Citizen Nobody", "Threads of Fate").
The director of the orphanage, the mother who replaced the girls, was played by the Kiev actress Ekaterina Mack (âArithmetic of villainyâ, âFemale doctorâ, âDeath to spies. Hidden enemyâ, âMothsâ, âThe Last Janissaryâ, âLove and Believeâ).
The role of touching daughter of Natasha was played by a young Ukrainian actress - Eva Shevchenko-Golovko ("Dreams", "Father's Coast", "Paradise Place", "Mom for the Snow Maiden").
Having considered the main minor performers who starred in the project, it is worth paying attention to the male actors from Forget and Remember.
First of all, it is the performer of the role of Natashaâs second husband - Russian artist Anton Sokolov (â1812: Ulan Balladâ, âFightersâ, âHugging the Skyâ).
Also, Oleg Primogenov (the groom of Mazov helping Natasha), Mark Drobot (guy Andrei sent by the oligarch to Anya) and Igor Rubashkin (candidate for mayor, who is in love with Ksyusha) cannot be ignored.
In addition to the above-mentioned âForget and Rememberâ actresses and actors, such popular Ukrainian performers as Konstantin Koretsky, Vladislav Mamchur, Oleg Savkin, Victor Saraikin, Alexey Cherevatenko, Vitaliy Ivanchenko, Oleg Ivanitsa, Alexander Yarema, Sergey Bulin, Alexander Danilchenko, starred in the television series Alena Kolesnichenko, Oksana Voronina and Ekaterina Sholomitskaya.