Wonderful screenwriters Elena Boyko and Maria Beck, who have worked together more than once, for a long time of collaboration created real masterpieces. Vladimir Krasnopolsky, who shot Soviet hits such as āThe Eternal Callā and āShadows disappear at noon,ā with great joy took on the role of director to transfer the viewer to an era closest to his spirit. One of the latest works of this talented team was the long-playing saga about several generations of the same family, who lived in the same estate. āThe house with liliesā, the plot of which is incredibly rich and confusing, has turned into a good melodrama according to all the laws of the genre.
The Forsyte Saga of the modern sample
Returning to the great director, it is worth saying that Vladimir Arkadyevich himself, who went through the war and perestroika, knows no one better than these different, but similar in everyday difficulties, era. Viewers themselves will be able to see how harmoniously and believably the formation of not only three family generations is shown, but also the development of society and the country as a whole.
This is a great, interesting story with a rich content in its roots. āThe house with liliesā, first of all, shows the difficult post-war time. In addition, the plot also contains a whole love story, shrouded in detective subtext and romance.
The main character, embodying the image of the father of the family, after the war goes to his wife and children. However, the front-line girlfriend, from whom his illegitimate daughter is born, does not go out of her head for a long time, and after she settles herself in the mansion as a housewife. Thus, the television series āHouse with Liliesā heated the atmosphere to the limit, literally making viewers fall in love with him as quickly as possible.
Tight frameworks for success
Despite the fact that I wanted to disclose as accurately as possible all the details of the times in which the main characters find themselves, the production clearly defined the boundaries - screenwriters Elena Boyko and Maria Beck should meet the 24 series so as not to turn the project into too long-running. As the audienceās reviews show, the whole film crew coped with this task by five points. In many respects, success was facilitated by those who accurately transferred the era to the screen - requisites, costume designers, make-up artists, and finally, actors. āHouse with Liliesā was confirmed by the fact that domestic film companies (together with Ukrainian) are able to make high-quality projects. The premiere took place in March 2014 on Ukrainian television, and in Russia in the fall on Channel One.
Main components
The initial and main line laid in the plot was the war. Rather, its end, and the first years of the rise of society and living standards. It was impossible to conceal - those difficult ups and downs that the Russian people experienced immediately fell into key content. āThe house with liliesā perfectly told how people got on their feet, how new families were created, what difficulties they experienced, what cataclysms surrounded them. Despite the excellent scenario, personal memories of Vladimir Krasnopolsky, whose rich life experience contributed to this in many ways, were also an important factor.
Russian character - in every episode
At the initial stage of production, it was decided to put time periods in the center of the narration. And in each of them to place different characters in character, and separate inherent details so that the audience does not add up to the perception of the cloying constancy of the series āHouse with Liliesā. The plot included a mandatory transition from era to era. The director was required to show the immutable that unites the heroes of all generations of the family - their unity and strong nature, able to endure any difficulties. The Russian character completely permeated the āHouse with Liliesā. The series not only tells about the cataclysms experienced, but also does not forget about the main thing - at the epicenter of crazy life - help and love for each other, permeated by social events taking place around. With heavy, sometimes unbearable love, good must necessarily be present - in any form, because this is precisely the core with which you can interest and keep the viewer. Therefore, it is more than natural that the content of the series āHouse with Liliesā is filled with such kindness.
Good and evil are milestones in history
The television project has not only a melodramatic, but also a detective line filled with hatred and betrayal, which for many characters has become almost a familiar state of their life.
Not just certain events are of interest to the fate of each of them, but the external background on which they take place in the series āHouse with Liliesā. The plot, as the audience could see, is everywhere riddled with history. The creators tried to show its veracity as much as possible. The negative message that takes place, according to Vladimir Krasnopolsky, is no less significant. In addition to the fact that it really existed in fact - war, its terrible consequences, hunger, devastation and poverty, the little good that appears in the series will allow us to perceive it in a more favorable, bright light.
The content of the series āHouse with Liliesā
Returning from the war as a hero, the communist Mikhail Govorov finds himself in the regional center, where he receives a high party position. Being a man of wealth and respect, he and his family move out of town. The house that is being offered for living has been rumored that no one living in it will find its fate. Perhaps this is a curse, and many heroes believe in it. Others, gaining courage, are trying to prove that no dark forces have the right to deprive them of happiness.
The house hosts several generations of the Govorov family within its walls. Soviet and post-Soviet people, who appeared in the middle of the 20th century and live up to our time, will encounter many difficulties not only in the country, but also in their personal lives.
Time travel
The story of several generations is a move often used in the production of telenovelas. Foreign and domestic cinema knows several successful examples that carry viewers along with heroes to different historical eras. Post-war time, stagnation and perestroika, as well as entry into the new century, are the most common criteria by which the plot is evaluated. The āHouse with Liliesā was no exception. The reviews of viewers who recall with interest the events of past years indicate that this is one of the best incarnations of the post-Soviet lifestyle. It, with perfect truthfulness, inspires the key moments of that era, which is not far away.
According to the plot, the heroes leave for London. For field shooting, the group really went to the capital of Great Britain. The frame included the most iconic sights - Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge. Despite this, they decided to bring the city as close as possible to 1980, required by the scenario, but not with absolute accuracy - especially attentive viewers noticed that it contains modern cars, advertising signs and posters, and teenage clothes. Of course, none of this could be in England at that time.
āHouse with lilies.ā Actors, roles of the family saga
Viewers watching the series watched with interest the development of events in the lives of the characters. Someone caused sympathy, someone slowly turned into a negative character. Any of them, no matter what the goal, is always curious; blending harmoniously into the plot, it creates a contrast between good and evil.
The actors who turned out to be even more curious were the actors. āHouse with Liliesā has become a powerful launching pad for many domestic stars. For others, he was a new opportunity to demonstrate his talent.
Anna Gorshkova played at the adult stage, the pupil of the orphanage Lily, who is taken by the main character. She fell in love not only with the audience. Vladimir Krasnopolsky himself admired her. Known for the novel āTwo Fatesā, she, by his admission, even then won the director's heart. He gladly invited her to the project, entrusting a responsible role. Mikhail Govorov was excellently played by Sergei Makhovikov - an old-school actor with an impressive filmography. Key passions occur around the main characters - Govorov is married to Margarita, but the beloved woman Tasia is nearby. Light and brave Rita against the quiet, clogged with Tashi war. The incredible contrast between Olesya Sudzilovskaya and Daria Moroz. Alexey Fateev played a young man Sergei, for whom Lily was going to marry. And from the son of Govorov, Konstantin, his girlfriend Dinara, played by Dinara Yankovskaya, is pregnant ...
In addition, the star ensemble included many other talented and famous actors, including Nikolai Dobrynin, Victor Rakov, Boris Khimichev, Mikhail Zhigalov, Olesya Zhurakovskaya, Denis Matrosov, Svetlana Kosolapova, Daria Baranova.
According to the director, the series is so rich in a variety of characters that the actors were able to fully realize their full potential.
First criticism
As soon as the project was shown on television, the most important thing was waiting for him - criticism of the audience and venerable figures of cinema, who began to evaluate the āHouse with Liliesā. The reviews were mostly positive. Many noted that they joyfully recalled youth, which now, for example, modern youth knows little about. Filled with various types, interesting, vital, with a happy ending, as expected, it shows quite well the character and fate of each of the characters in the series. āThe house with liliesā, the plot of which is very simple and clear, for many has become a reflection of their own problems in modern life.
Audience Recognition
According to viewers, the film catches from the first minutes. You really worry about many characters until the last credits. The true reflection of the past years, especially felt and shaded by the delightful music, setting the general mood and causing tears in the eyes at the right moments, is surprisingly combined in the series āThe House with Liliesā. Actors, roles filled with such emotionality by them, evoke real praise worthy of not wasting time in watching this great story.