This series has won the hearts of millions of viewers with the launch of the first series. And this is no coincidence. After all, it was not told in him about the life of the new Russians, but about the fate of a young man who himself had achieved everything that he had at the moment. Such was the film "Bourgeois's Birthday", whose actors instantly became the favorites of the whole country.
Story line. Bourgeois or still Volodya?
Now he is the president of a rather serious financial company Fintrust. He is Vladimir Kovalenko, a young but very talented person. He is one of those people who are said to have made themselves. Indeed, Kovalenko has everything you can dream of: a spacious house, a comfortable car, excellent work, high financial standing, beloved woman. Working tirelessly, he was able to realize all his plans. Colleagues and partners call him Vladimir Vladimirovich. And only for those closest to him - Bourgeois (actor Valery Nikolaev).
Little Volodya received such a nickname in the orphanage, where he was brought up, because he never knew his parents. And to the journalist’s question, he answered that he was called Bourgeois because he understood the power of money earlier than other children.
So simply and plainly begins the series "Birthday of the Bourgeois". The actors who played in it: Valery Nikolaev, Irina Apeksimova, Andrey Smolyakov, Vitaliy Linetsky, Andrey Panin, Daria Poverennova, Oleg Isaev and others - were chosen so accurately and correctly that, sitting at the screen, it is impossible to believe that they play roles. There is a complete feeling that their characters and themselves are one.
The only thing that bothers him all these years: he does not know his real name, his real name and when will he celebrate his birthday. Therefore, from time to time, he tries to learn at least something about his family. But so far, all these attempts do not bring him anything but disappointment.
Story line. What do spirits say?
One day, out of simple curiosity, Volodya agrees to go with his girlfriend Amina to a seance for a fortuneteller. According to rumors, this fortuneteller could reveal all the secrets of both the past and the future to everyone who turned to her for help. And although the Bourgeois does not believe in this, he decides to join Amine.
Here is a plot twist that the film “Bourgeois's Birthday” shows. The actors who played in these scenes later said that, despite the fictitious nature of these events, they felt a little uncomfortable at the “fortune-teller's reception”. But what if?
Tolstoy (a friend, a guard, a driver, a comrade-in-arms and just a loyal person to Volodya) does not dare to go up to the right apartment, because he is afraid of all evil spirits, so Volodya and Amina went together. At first everything was clear, but something inexplicable happened: through the lips of a fortuneteller-medium, in response to a question about Volodya's parents, the evoked spirit spoke only a few words ( basket, child, look for ), which could become the key to unraveling everything that he wants get to know Kovalenko. And he believes in it, because almost no one knows that little Volodya was found just in a wicker basket.
Searches for relatives: are they or not?
Next begins a new stage in the life of the characters of the film "Birthday of the Bourgeois". The actors were able to convey very carefully the whole atmosphere of what is happening in the picture from the first frame to the last.
And Volodya begins to search. Search with the help of your faithful friend Tolstoy (actor Anatoly Zhuravlev). As a result, he finds his grandmother and sister. When Amina (actress Irina Apeksimova) asked him if there was any certainty that they were not strangers to him, Volodya answered very simply: yes, they can be non-native to him by blood, but he already accepted them in his heart.
Unfortunately, later it turns out that the answers to the fortuneteller were prompted by completely otherworldly forces. A longtime adversary of Bourgeois Kudla was involved in this, both on business issues and on the issue of feelings (Kudla - actor Andrei Smolyakov - turned out to be Amina's former lover, whom she does not want to remember, because he once wounded her too painfully).
Volodya learns the truth, but before that he will have to pass many tests, which he will pass with honor.
What happened next?
The success of the first fifteen episodes was so deafening that it was decided to shoot the continuation of the adventures of the heroes loved by the audience. And a year later, in 2001, everyone again clung to the screens, because they showed the new series "Bourgeois's Birthday - 2". The actors remained the same, with some exceptions. Other heroes appeared, and some of the characters of the last season were removed. Amina, according to the script, burned down in a house with Bourgeois, their little son Volodya and his grandmother. Tolstoy is now the president of the company instead of Kovalenko. But what worries him hourly, this whole year, which has passed since the day of the terrible fire?
As soon as the first episodes of this film began to be released, it immediately became a real hit. The series "Birthday of Bourgeois", whose actors worked very professionally, even those who were at that time at the very beginning of their career, was watched by both Russian and Ukrainian viewers. Which is not surprising, because these two countries worked on the production of the action-packed detective story.
The story is interesting, the intrigue is an exciting, subtle and correct combination of mysticism, detective story and melodrama, the actors are popular. That is why the bourgeois birthday series was such a resounding success. Actors and roles they performed in it, were very close to the audience and seemed easily recognizable in any of the proposed situations.