The best Russian dramas of recent decades are designed to make empathize with what is happening on the screen. I must say that they do an excellent job with this task. Of course, most will prefer to go to the cinema for a comedy, but a good drama will bring a lot of positive emotions. In addition, she will make you think.
Without exaggeration, we can say that our drama films are the best, if not all over the world, then in the post-Soviet space for sure. They are in demand and popular as well as comedies.
Duhless
Perhaps the best drama of 2012 is “Duhless” - the long-awaited adaptation of the scandalous book of the same name by Sergey Minaev. In the center of the plot is the story of the rise and fall of the top manager of a large corporation, life-burner, cynic and womanizer Maxim. His life goes in a circle: work - fashion clubs - new girls - work. She passes swiftly and thoughtlessly, until Max’s meeting with the new girl makes him look at himself differently.
"Voroshilov Sharpshooter"
This is the best drama of the turn of the millennium. A piercing story of hopelessness that in the new Russia is now always right and above the law is the one who has more power and more money. The story that the principle of equality is no more. The story is that if there is no one else to protect us, we must do it ourselves. Which is what the former front-line soldier does when a group of wealthy majors humiliates his only granddaughter. Not having obtained justice from the law and seeing the district’s inability to help punish criminals, he takes a gun and does it himself.
"Burnt by the Sun"
This is the best drama that has received worldwide recognition and an Oscar. All the action in the film takes one long, hot day in 1937, when his daughter’s ex-fiancé arrives at the dacha of the eminent military man who belongs to Stalin himself. Everyone is happy for an unexpected meeting, conversations begin over tea and memories of a former life. Gradually, the owner of the cottage understands that the arrival of the guest has a specific purpose. And this is his arrest. The famous military man, a hero of the civil war, devoted to the last Soviet regime, cannot believe that he could do this. He considers all this a stupid mistake and thinks that everything can resolve one of his calls. So during the years of Stalinist repression, many thought - that they are indispensable, that their merits to the authorities and their devotion to it will protect against arrest.
Bastards
And, finally, the best drama with the participation of children - the scandalous film "Bastards." A cruel picture of brutal wartime. According to the plot, during the years of the war with Nazi Germany, juvenile offenders sentenced for violating Soviet laws to be shot are formed into an active sabotage group for casting to the enemy. In this way, the Soviet government enables suicide bombers to atone for their guilt. Who is that bastard in the course of the film remains to be decided by the audience. Either they are juvenile delinquents with childish ways, or this is the state that calmly sends criminals, but still children, to death.
In a word, almost all Russian dramas are the best films of our film industry!