The actors of the film "Two Women" and the roles they performed were well remembered by many fans of domestic cinema. This is a picture of Vera Glagoleva, which was shot based on the play by Ivan Turgenev, "A Month in the Village." The shooting took place on the territory of a classical noble estate in Novospassky, the family estate of composer Mikhail Glinka in the Smolensk region. The tape took part in several major festivals, such as "Window to Europe", "Pacific Meridian".
Plot of the film
In the film "Two Women" the actors in the roles that they got, look as organically as possible. One can only admire the accuracy of the images and types chosen by the director.
At the center of the story in this tape is a tangled love quadrangle. The wife of a wealthy Russian landowner Arkady Islaev, whose name is Natalya Petrovna, is drawn into him. She falls in love with a young student Alexei Belyaev.
At the same time, Natalya Petrovna herself has long been loved by their family friend Mikhail Rakitin. Complexity in the relationship is added by the fact that the pupil of the landowner Verochka begins to experience romantic feelings for the student. It all ends with the fact that Rakitin and Belyaev are faced with the need to permanently leave the estate.
Vera Glagoleva
Enthusiastic reviews from critics earned the actors. "Two Women" Glagoleva - her sixth film. By the time of filming this tape, the People’s Artist of Russia was already feeling confident in the director’s chair.
She made her debut back in 1990 with the dramatic parable "Broken Light" about representatives of creative professions living in the Soviet Union during perestroika. At this time, democratic changes began in the country, which would soon lead to the collapse of the once great empire.
After a long break, in 2005 she shot the drama "Order" about an abandoned woman from whom her husband leaves and she begins to think about suicide. In 2006, the Ferris Wheel melodrama about love was released, which suddenly broke out between two family people who spent their second half on vacation. In 2009, Vera Glagoleva shot the military drama "One War" about women who gave birth to children from the invaders during the Great Patriotic War. This was her most successful film, having received many awards at domestic and international film festivals.
Alexander Baluev
In the film "Two Women" the actors and the roles they play are most successfully selected by the director and organizers of the casting. The 36-year-old rich landowner Arkady Sergeyevich Islaev is played by the famous domestic theater and film actor Alexander Baluev.
An acting career was not easy for him. He failed in exams at the Shchukin school. He had to go to work as a lighting assistant at Mosfilm in order to get a little closer to the alluring world of cinema. On the second attempt, he entered the Moscow Art Theater School. He was engaged in the creative workshop of the People's Artist of the USSR Pavel Massalsky. He played in the theater of the Soviet Army, the capital's theater named after Ermolova.
He made his film debut in 1981 in the detective series "Investigators Are Conducting Investigations," in the story "From the Life of Fruits." Popularity came to him in 1995 after the release of the drama “Vladimir Muslimin” by Vladimir Khotinenko. In the late 90s, he began to actively star in Hollywood films. Mostly he was invited to secondary or episodic roles. For example, he often played officers of the Russian army. Since then, the image of the "hero in uniform" often haunted him. In Glagoleva's film "Two Women," the actor partially got rid of this stereotype.
Anna Vartanyan
In the film “Two Women” (2014), the actors and the roles they play have captivated many critics and spectators with their spontaneity and sincerity. Anna Vartanyan got the image of the 29-year-old wife of Islaev Natalia Petrovna.
She studied at the theater department of the Saratov Philharmonic. From the second year she played in the Saratov Drama Theater. In 1998 she moved to St. Petersburg, after which her career went uphill. She worked on the stage of the Komissarzhevskaya theater, began to act in films a lot.
For example, she played in the TV series Agent of National Security, Stanislav Mitin’s melodramatic comedy Travesti, Sergei Solovyov’s drama Anna Karenina, and Leo Zisman’s historical drama “It All Started in Harbin”.
For her role in the film "Two Women", the actress received an award at the international festival "Ugra".
Ralph Fiennes
Glagoleva attracted even foreign actors to the filming. For example, Briton Ralph Fiennes. In the film "Two Women", the actors and the roles they played were loved by many viewers.
Fiennes plays a 30-year-old friend of the house of the Islaevs Mikhail Alexandrovich Rakitin, who is in love with Natalya Petrovna. He began his career at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He was a laureate of several British Tony awards. Twice nominated for an Oscar. First for his role in Steven Spielberg’s historical drama Schindler’s List, and then in Anthony Mingella’s melodrama The English Patient. From his recent notable works, many viewers may recall the tragedy of Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel.
In the film "Two Women" the actors and the roles that they got for many were one of the most successful in their careers. So, the French actress Sylvie Testu played the role of companion Elizabeth Bogdanovna.
Young actors
It is also necessary to mention the other leading actors in this film. Anna Levanova, who plays 17-year-old pupil Verochka, and Nikita Volkov, who appears in the image of 21-year-old student Alexei Nikolayevich Belyakov, complete the picture of the love quadrangle.