In the film "Grandmother of easy virtue", the actors wonderfully coped with the project of the Russian film director and screenwriter Marius Weisberg. The idea of ​​creating a film belongs to the Russian showman and comedian Alexander Revve, who played two roles simultaneously in the film.
The plot of the tape
According to the plot of the film "Grandmother of easy virtue", the actor Alexander Revva, also known to many viewers under the pseudonym Arthur Pirozhkov, plays the role of a swindler Sasha, as well as his aunt - Alexandra Pavlovna Fishman.
A rogue Sasha, nicknamed Transformer, makes a living by turning incredible scams one after another, transforming into dozens of different characters. Without much effort, the actor of the comedy “Grandma of easy virtue” can portray both a charismatic macho and a sickly old woman. But one of the adventures led to the fact that bad guys begin to hunt for the main character.
Sasha has an idea according to which he will be able to confuse the traces and avoid persecution. Only for this, he needs to get used to the image of an elderly aunt who went to a nursing home. The hero of Alexander Revva perfectly copes with this venture and without any problems joins the local company of the elderly.
Alexander Revva - master of transformations
When the script for the film “Grandma of easy virtue” was ready, the actor Alexander Revva, together with the film director Marius Weisberg, thought for a long time about what would be the “image of a grandmother undercover”. At first it was an old woman of 70-80 years, after which the woman was a little younger, but also aged. However, they could not find a bright key image. And here, as the main character tells, his mother helped them out. At the moment, the woman is 64 years old, but not more than 30 years old in terms of internal energy. It was this image that was embodied in the cinema.
Alexandra Pavlovna Fishman appeared, a colorful woman a little older than 50 years old. Peppy, active, in which everything is just beginning. Invented fancy curls were able to complement the image of an incendiary and stylish aunt, making her a bit like an American singer and actress Barbara Streisand.
By the way, the mother of the protagonist also played a role in the comedy, starring in the role of Aunt Revva. This was the first role of a woman with whom, in the opinion of the film crew, she miraculously coped.
“Grandmother of easy virtue”: actors and roles
The company Alexander Revve on the set was composed by the popular Russian singer and actress Natalya Ionova, better known to the viewer under the name Glucose. In the film "Grandmother of easy virtue" the roles for the actors are selected quite organically. Natalya showed herself in the role of a kind and feminine nurse who, without memory, falls in love with the hero of Sasha Revva. According to the director of the tape, this is the first, but not the last role of Glucose, where she proved herself to be a wonderful actress and a bright personality.
In addition to Glucose, Philip Kirkorov was involved in the comedy tape. The singer played the stellar chairman of the jury, evaluating the musical performance presented by guests from a nursing home.
Also played a role in "Grandmother of easy virtue" actor Yevgeny Gerchakov, who is famous for his brilliant game in the Moon Theater and the Theater at the Nikitsky Gate. The actress Elena Valyushkina was noted, who became famous for her role in the film "Black Lightning" and the comedy "Gorky". And also Marina Fedunkiv, who became popular after participating in the Comedy Woman television show.
Where did the shooting take place?
The comedy was filmed in the sanatorium of one of the federal ministries, which is located in the estate near Moscow. For many years, there was practically no repair in the premises provided, so the spirit of antiquity was felt on the estate.
During the filming, as the film director claims, some difficulties periodically arose, since, in addition to filming, the sanatorium continued to function. It was necessary to create a film on schedule, and it was rather inconvenient, since cinema is a creative process that does not tolerate frameworks.
Interesting Facts
The make-up of the actor in the film “Grandmother of easy virtue” for the transformation into the image of an old woman every day took about 4 hours.
Another curious fact: despite the fact that the premiere of the film took place only in mid-August 2017, the tape became the only Russian project that paid off in the summer box office.
For Vladimir Tolokonnikov, an actor from "Grandmother of easy virtue", who played the role of Bessonov, this tape was one of the last works.
The opinion of critics
According to film critics, the picture can be compared with the classic Hollywood comedy “Only Jazz in Jazz” or with the equally famous Tutsi tape, where a man pretends to be a woman throughout the film. By the way, the actors in the "Grandmother of easy virtue" once mention the famous production with changing clothes.
However, the director himself believes that the picture turned out to be quite interesting and exciting, hiding in itself a whole palette of genres. A comedy in which the viewer has to empathize with a touching love story, watch the criminal showdowns intensely, marveling at the set tricks and the resulting action.
According to Marius Weisberg, the presented film is a kind of story about a second chance, which appears at the petty swindler. The film made shows that it is never too late to change and take the right path, especially if sincere feelings appear in life and are supported by real friends, even if they are elderly people from a nursing home.