Romance about love at first sight is familiar to viewers, and the plot is predictable. But this series cannot be attributed to the multi-part tape "Sofa for a single man." The actors of the film played on the screens a funny story about how love is “evil”: warm feelings sometimes awaken to someone you openly dislike. What melodramatic binding will the main characters of the series get into? And what will end this sudden office romance this time?
The creators of the picture
Actors Irina Nizina and Aleksey Zubkov were invited to the film “Sofa for a Lonely Man” by director Andrei Krasavin. Krasavin began his career on television with the production of separate episodes for the series “Streets of Broken Lights”, “Foundry” and “Road Patrol”. Then the director switched to melodrama, removing “The Year of the Golden Fish”, “I'm Not Me” and “Prodigal Children”.
The premiere of “Sofa for a single man” took place in 2012 on the TV channel “Russia-1”. The script for the melodrama was written by Natalia Averina in collaboration with Krasavin. Averina also worked on the scripts for the films “Paternal Instinct”, “Woman Without a Past” and “Engagement Ring”.
Behind the camera was Vladimir Volodin, the operator of the series The Shuttles, The Fern Flower, and The Last Frontier.
The project was supervised by the production company Mediaprofsoyuz.
Short story
In the melodrama “Sofa for a single man”, the actors Nizina and Zubkov played the story in the best traditions of Ryazanov’s “Office Romance”.
Marina is a successful business woman. She works as a director in a furniture store. Her subordinates respect her, she values management. The main character is attractive. She does not cost anything to have an affair even with a married man. It seems to Marina that her life is settled. She doesn’t want to change anything. And it doesn’t matter that there is no true love. Who says it even exists?
And then one day an unshaven and dirty man falls into the furniture store of Marina. He asks to let him wash, while he looks very suspicious. To quickly get rid of the stranger, Marina allows him to visit the bathroom. At the end of the working day, they forget about the vagabond and close it in the store for the night. In the morning, Marina would be happy to drive away an uninvited guest, but it turns out that she urgently needs movers. This is how Victor, "exhausted" by Narzan, becomes her subordinate, and subsequently a close friend and lover.
"Sofa for a single man": actors. Irina Nizina as Marina
Irina Nizina, a graduate of GITIS, first appeared on the screens in 1996 in the movie "Marquis de Sade." In 2003, the performer won the lead role in the series Lawyer, playing assistant lawyer Zimin.
Then there were the main roles in the films “Adjutants of Love”, “Mad”, the role of the punchy Inna in the series “Still I Love”.
The actors of the movie “Sofa for a Single Man” are mostly regulars on TV shows. The same can be said about Irina Nizina: on her account, participation in projects such as the Wedding Ring, Balabol, Traffic Light and Citizen Chief.
In the comedy melodrama of Andrei Krasavin, the performer got the role of a strong and independent woman who knows what her life should be like. However, even the self-confident Marina could not have predicted that she was destined to fall in love with an ordinary loader, who also looked like a tramp.
“Sofa for a single man”: actors and roles. Alexey Zubkov as Victor
Alexey Zubkov is known to the viewer for participating in such projects as “The Last Frontier”, “Shamanka”, “Leave to Return”. In 2012, the series “Sofa for a single man” was included in his filmography.
Actors must be able to transform. Alexey Zubkov does this very successfully: either he plays a hermit from the taiga, then a successful American businessman, then an astronaut, or a surgeon. In the project, Krasavin Zubkov had a chance to play a descended unshaven man who came to Marina to get a job as a loader. Only a fluke helps Victor get this place.
In the process of communication, Marina suddenly learns that this nondescript person lives in the most prestigious area of the city, unloads cars in a jacket, and indeed differs in responsiveness and kindness. Will the main character be able to step over her prejudices and abandon her rich lover for Victor? This only becomes known in the last episode of the film.
Alexey Zubkov is the current actor of the Kiev Theater. Lesia Ukrainka. The artist began his career in cinema in 1997 with episodic roles. The first major role is associated with the project "Collection" of Grigory Zhikharevich. At the moment, Zubkov is actively engaged in a whole string of Russian TV shows.
Ivan Hovhannisyan as Boris
The movie “Sofa for a single man” tells about the classic love triangle. Actors Ivan Oganesyan and Alexey Zubkov, according to the plot of the melodrama, are fighting for Marina's attention. That's just the hero of Hovhannisyan Boris does not like Marina at all. He has a wife with whom he is not going to divorce. And Marina is just a way to have a good time. Prior to meeting with Victor, the woman was satisfied with this state of affairs. But then she reconsidered her views.
At the beginning of his career, Ivan Hovhannisyan often played anti-heroes: for example, in the films “Unloved”, “Theft”, “Sleeping Area”. But most often on the screens of Hovhannisyan you can see in the image of a policeman. In this role, the actor appeared in the series "Ivan Podushkin", "Law and Order", "Moscow. Three stations ”and“ Citizen Nobody ”.
Other role performers
The roles of the saleswomen from Marina’s store were played by Svetlana Zelenkovskaya and Julia Polubinskaya. Svetlana - actress of the Belarusian Theater. I. Kupala. She starred in the films “Oh, mom-poosh!”, “Steal Belmondo” and “Lonely Island”. Julia Polubinskaya is an actress of the Minsk Theater Studio of the film actor. She participated in the “Forgive Everything” and “Incorruptible” projects.
The role of the store’s accountant was played by Olga Klebanovich, which can be seen in the paintings “Thaw”, “Doctor” and “Winter Waltz”.
Oleg Garbuz appeared on the screens as Gavrilin’s driver (“Where the Rains Go,” “Incorruptible”).
Also in the frame you can see Ivan Matskevich, Alla Elyashevich, Polina Krasavina, Tatyana Markhel and Alexander Kashperov.