In the last days of July this summer, Channel One began broadcasting a new series, the plot of which is similar to the work of the pen of William Shakespeare himself: a young man must make a very important choice for him: avenge his family or try to forget everything and choose his girlfriend. In the film “Queen of the Game” (2017), the actors put their whole soul into their heroes. They needed to show all the difficulties and difficulties of their experiences, long deliberation of revenge plans, difficult relationships ... Here he is such a difficult series “Queen of the Game” (2017). Russia has released one of its best paintings, which is noted not only by the audience, but also by critics.
Story line
At the very beginning we meet two bosom friends - Nikolai and Pavel. Young people have been friends since childhood. They open a fairly successful business and begin to manage a luxury hotel. In the series “Queen of the Game” (2017), actors Mikhail Polosukhin and Alexei Longin very accurately conveyed all the subtleties of the relationship of men, starting with their strong friendship and ending with an absurd quarrel that led to tragic consequences.
On one far from perfect day, Nikolai decided that he should own the whole business. Therefore, through some fraud, he brings his idea to life. Friendship is crumbling. Pavel, driven to despair by the current situation, is dying.
What contributed to this development?
So crazy nineties. It was then that Nikolai and Pavel were lucky enough to become co-owners of the hotel, which became the business of their life. Pavel is a simple person. He is married, with his beloved wife, Vera brings up sons. Nikolay is tougher. He is also married. At that time, his wife Galina was pregnant. She could not even imagine that her husband was dating Vera. After the birth of her daughter, Galina died. Nikolai begins to persuade his mistress to leave her husband and marry him. Faith does not agree to take this step.
And then the lover who was rejected begins to take revenge. He doesn’t care what Faith feels, what Paul, his friend, will survive. Zubov acts very harshly: he ruins his friend, and besides, he tells him that he and Vera have a long-standing romance. Paul is simply crushed by this news, realizing that everything he lived and breathed lost meaning. He can't stand it and ... dies.
“The Queen of the Game” is a 2017 melodrama that shows this development very realistically. Indeed, it’s breathtaking directly from everything that happens on the screen.
Our days
Each of the friends has children. Nikolai has a daughter, Anna. Pavel: eldest son Konstantin and younger Sergey. The boys took very seriously the death of their father. From childhood, Sergey hatched a plan for revenge on Zubov. After more than 20 years, the grown-up Seryozha begins to realize his idea, not suspecting at first that it could hit him very painfully.
Sergei perfectly remembers the man who brought him and his mother a lot of pain, grief and suffering. Now he is directing his forces to avenge him - for his father, for his mother, for his entire family. Serezha thinks for a long time, ponders where to start, and where to hit harder, and realizes that the shortest and surest path to retribution would be a chance acquaintance with the daughter of his worst enemy, Anna. According to his plan, the girl will fall in love with him, and he, having twisted an affair with her, will simply leave her. But Sergei did not take into account only that Anya would be so cute, kind, attractive girl that he would fall into them by themselves placed traps.
Friend for the time being
The 2017 Queen of the Game TV series shows Nikolai, one of two friends, a strong and assertive businessman, Pavel’s business partner. At first, men really were co-owners in equal shares, but over time, Nikolai understands that half of him is not enough. Therefore, through several frauds, he takes away part of his friend, which was one of the reasons for the death of that person.
The series “Queen of the Game” in 2017 was a clear proof of how a love of money can overshadow a person’s mind. Nikolai Zubov was played by Mikhail Polosukhin. Perhaps not all viewers know this actor. And he considers himself a theatrical actor. Despite this, he has several interesting, albeit small, roles in the projects “Rublevka Live”, “Cool”, “Club”. And Polosukhin became more known to the audience after the release of the films “Second Love and“ Stairway to Heaven ”.
Friend cheated
The second of friends, who in a short period of time had a chance to experience a lot of pain, disappointment and loss, is Paul. The one with whom Nicholas at first, as they say, shared "a slab of bread in half." But then, after the betrayal of a friend, Paul was unable to cope with all the problems that fell upon him and committed suicide without even thinking that his wife and son were left alone, without any support.
The Queen of the Game, the 2017 melodrama, allowed viewers to enjoy (albeit not for long) the work of actor Alexei Longin. He played beautifully on the screen of Paul. The actor is known for his previously played roles in the films "The Perfect Kill", "Santa Lucia." And his first main role was to work in the project “No Third.”
Vera is the Queen
The very "queen of the game", standing in the center of the plot of this picture, was the widow of Paul with a name very suitable for this situation - Vera. Yes, once upon a time she had an affair with a friend of her deceased husband. But now she considers this man her enemy. Now she is offended and humiliated, many adversities have happened on her life path. And she is ready to take revenge.
And indeed, she had a very hard time. She was even being treated at the New York Psychiatric Hospital. When her son Seryozha realizes that he has fallen in love with Anna recklessly, Vera cannot accept the girl, feeling enormous hostility towards her and seeing her as another enemy.
She changes her attitude towards Anna after the girl, living with Sergey and the future mother-in-law in the same apartment, shows sincere sympathy and care for her. And once Ana had the chance to save the life of Vera Semenovna, when she, having drunk, rose at night to the roof of the house and tried to throw herself down.
These passions are boiling in the series “Queen of the Game” (2017). How many episodes in it will be of interest to the audience from the very first evening, when the broadcast began. And those 28 episodes that were shown didn’t seem to reflect everything that fans expected.
This heroine was embodied on the screen by Yanina Sokolovskaya, who is already known for her previous works in the projects "Paradise apples", "Bird cherry color", "Spring exacerbation".
Children of bosom friends
Sergei Narchinsky is the son of the same Paul who passed away more than twenty years ago. And all this time the young man hatches in his head a plan of revenge for a man who has broken the life of not only his father, but also him and his mother. What he conceived, of course, is cruel, especially in relation to a girl who is in no way involved in what is happening. And yet, Sergey decides to fall in love with Anna, the daughter of his worst enemy.
He knows that, despite all the wealth, it is his daughter who is the meaning of his life for Zubov, and therefore he decides to crush Nikolai Petrovich morally through his daughter. But things did not go as expected. Yes, Sergey fell in love with a girl, seduced her, but at the same time he truly loved her. And now he faces a choice: continue to take revenge on his enemy, because of which his father died, or to abandon this idea and marry Anna, who is pregnant with him.
In the movie "Queen of the Game" Vakhtang Beridze played Sergei Narchinsky. The young actor is quite charismatic. She prefers to work in the series - “Gypsies”, “Happy Together”, “Do Not Be Born Beautiful” and others. In his acting biography more than thirty projects.
Actors of the Queen of the Game, in 2017 the year the series was released, very worthy were selected. For example, Nadezhda Bakhtina, who played Anna Zubova, who in this story sincerely fell in love with the younger Narchinsky, unaware of his intentions.
The young actress became famous after the release of the project "Carmelita". Then there were other works: “Sisters of the Queen”, “The Secret of the Snow Queen”, “The Lone Wolf”.
And others
In the movie Queen of the Game (2017), the actors are really talented. Some of them are more known to the mass audience, others less. But from this the quality of their work does not get worse.
One of the roles - Ivan Antonovich Pronin, the father of Kira, a businessman - was played by actor Alexander Kuznetsov. The Queen of the Game is his next movie job. He has been known to the Soviet audience since the time of the release of two wonderful films - “Seaside Boulevard” and “Jack Vosmerkin - American”. But in this role - perhaps not the most kind and decent person - Kuznetsov did not lose his charm.
Sonia, the daughter of Nina, was played by Larisa Baranova, well known for her role as a gymnast from the series “Princess of the Circus”. Sonya in her performance turned out to be a very interesting character.
There were other actors and actresses. Mitya, Anna’s childhood friend, was played by Alexei Kondrakhov. His wife Kira is Lilia Kondrova. Olga Shirokova, Sergei’s assistant and a girl in love with him, was played by Mila August. In the story, she had to be not only sweet, but even cruel. And yet she causes some sympathy, because by all means available to her, she fought for her love, for her beloved man.
Yes, a lot of things are happening in this series. Events are replaced by one another. Sergei, in love with Anna, at some point decides to marry Kira. Criminal proceedings are instituted against Zubov for financial irregularities. Sergei goes to prison, but then he is acquitted and released from the courtroom. Anna from one conversation with Vera Semenovna learns that her father and Vera were once in a love affair. Vera after a second examination, it becomes known that a liver transplant is needed, and Anna decides to help her. In the hospital, Zubov dies ...
There are really a lot of events. But it was an excellent script and a great acting game, coupled with directorial skills and gave such a result.