The Russian youth series âSimple Truthsâ brings back pleasant memories of school years. First shown in 1999, it quickly resonated with a teenage audience. Let's analyze the success story of the series, and also recall the characters and leading actors.
Everything ingenious is simple!
When creating a new series, the film company "Sinebridge" did not think long about the idea. âSimple truthsâ were designed for a youth audience, in which the studio did not fail. What could attract youth? Of course, a story about peers and their problems associated with the last academic years. In the history of modern cinema, Russian schoolchildren for the first time became the main characters in the series âSimple Truthsâ, whose actors, along with the characters, instantly turned into screen favorites.
Go to school
For Yuri Belenky, the project was the first production experience. He sat in the director's chair. According to the plot, the main characters are ordinary schoolchildren, because the ordinary Moscow school No. 1240 was chosen as the place of filming. For several years, a film crew worked there.
The director has announced a big casting in âSimple Truths." Actors, among whom were famous artists, dreamed of getting into the series, as he promised to become successful and long-playing. Similarly, we can say about novice stars who were ideally matched to the type of their screen peers. For many of them, Simple Truths served as the launching pad. Actors more than once admitted later for a successful debut on television, which had a positive effect on their future careers.
So, the action of the plot is divided into several parts in accordance with each academic year. In the first season, it focuses on graduates of grade 11 âBâ. After school, the characters will be replaced by new characters who will remain so until their graduation.
Multi-million dollar recognition
The audience of the series was not only schoolchildren, it was watched by an older audience. The film touches on the personal relationships and experiences of many characters, in particular, Alisa Arzhanova and Andrei Dangulov, who will go through many trials to stay in love. In addition, special attention is paid directly to the school process: lessons and changes, corridors and classes are naturally recreated, as well as the teacher's, in which teachers (as secondary characters) live their own lives.
The series includes three seasons with a total of 350 episodes. In addition to audience recognition, âSimple Truthsâ (including actors) won several prestigious awards and nominations at various film festivals, including the festival in Artek and Orlyonok. The series was shown in Russia on the channels "RTR", "Carousel" and "Bibigon". Also, Belarus, Latvia and Ukraine bought the rights to demonstrate it.
The series "Simple Truths": actors of the main cast
Not wanting to bring the personal problems of schoolchildren in the front row, a significant part of the whole story was given by the scriptwriting team to âadult artilleryâ. So, an actor with experience Boris Nevzorov turned into a school principal, and Elena Molchenko and Elena Melnikova became teachers of physics and mathematics, and part-time two head teachers. Natalya Chernyavskaya played the secretary Tamara, to whom the physical education teacher performed by Viktor Nizovoy awkwardly ârolls upâ.
Olga Budina, Anna Isaykina and Mikhail Policeitsimako reincarnated as teachers of English, literature and astronomy. From the twenty-sixth series, Olga Budina was replaced by Olga Kuzina, who later became a class teacher. The series also has an elementary school teacher performed by Nina Persiyaninova, and a school psychologist played by Alexei Guskov.
The high school graduate team is represented by bright young faces. So, the main âsweetâ couple Alice and Andrey were played by Julia Troshina and Yuri Makeev. Alexey Ilyin took on the image of Lesha Burundukov, and Artyom Semakin - Artyom Zyablev. Alexander Nesterov played Igor Tsybin, and Marina Kuchkova appeared in the form of a model from 11 âAâ Marina Korolkova.
In the series you can also meet the currently known artists who are taking their first steps in âSimple Truthsâ.
Life after
Any successful project, regardless of whether it is a series or a feature film, in a certain way affects the leading actors. âSimple Truthsâ, whose actors boast a further, successfully established career, were no exception. Among those for whom the series served as a good launching pad, we can distinguish:
- Danila Kozlovsky. Few will remember him in the image of a full-bodied bully Denis Seliverstov from 6 âAâ. The grown-up Danila received recognition after the paintings âWe are from the Futureâ and âThe Lonerâ, and earned true audience love with the paintings âDuhlessâ and âLegend No. 17â. Now the actor is a recognized sex symbol of domestic cinema.
- Tatyana and Olga Arntgolts. In the series, they appeared in the image of Katya and Masha Trofimov, students of parallel classes. For sisters with âSimple Truthsâ began a long career. At the moment, they have played in more than 50 works, some together. Tatyana plays more than Olga, who is engaged in her personal life: she is married to actor Vakhtang Beridze. Tatyana was married to Ivan Zhidkov, whom she later divorced.
- Anastasia Zadorozhnaya. The audience remembered this talented young actress on the youth series âClubâ, shown on MTV. She was best known for her role as Alice Gromova in the trilogy âLove in a Big Cityâ. Nastya is actively filming, alternating series with works on television. Among her latest paintings are mainly comedies: âThe Captive of the Caucasusâ, â8 new datesâ, âBad Neighborâ.
- Vadim Utenkov. This actor could not help but be remembered by the audience. In âSimple Truths,â he played Maxim Egorov, a fun smart guy named Grinders. After the project, he appeared in several parts of the âSoldierâ. Vadim does not focus on films, most of his works are episodic roles in many domestic TV shows.
- Vyacheslav Manucharov. Unlike Vadim, Vyacheslav was not so well remembered by the audience. And although his track record includes a sufficient number of a wide variety of roles, he received universal recognition after the release of the parody show âThe Big Differenceâ, in which he remained a permanent member of the troupe.
- Maria Gorban. âSimple truthsâ became a tiny job for her - Maria played the girl in a yellow blouse in episode 39. Popularity came to her much later, when she starred in the series âAerobaticsâ. Other works of the actress include the series âDoctor Tyrsaâ, âHealer 2â, âKitchenâ. In 2014, she played a major role in the comedy mini-series âLooking for a Wife with a Childâ.
The first is the best!
"Simple Truths" became the first Russian series to talk about life in the school walls. According to the viewers, in each of the characters they find a piece of themselves. We can thank the screenwriters for such a deep immersion in the problems of teenagers. A distinctive feature was the absence of vulgarity, humor below the belt and references to sexual themes, which is often present in modern youth films. âSimple truthsâ, actors and roles, as well as the atmosphere of friendship in the film, still evoke a pleasant nostalgia for youthful hobbies in the school walls and beyond.