The series with the catchy title "Courage" tells the story of the entertainment business in the Soviet Union and modern Russia, how are the "stars" of the mysteries behind the scenes and the world "dream factory", which tend to get many. The authors of the series strongly hinted that their story is just fiction, but the parallels with real people too obvious that they could not see.

The girl who sometimes sings

Young and ambitious singer Halle (Alexander Volkov) is looking for your way to fame and recognition. In the mid-seventies the yard without dating, break into the scene in the Soviet Union almost impossible. Knowing this, Gallo finds those who will help her succeed. One such person becomes famous director Alex (Vladimir Feklenko). Alex has a bride, but this does not prevent him or Halle spin dizzying novel, and begin the journey together that will turn no one known singer in the pop legend.

The Story of a Hero

The series begins with a scene in the wording of the "yellow" editions, where assignment editor gives journalists and calls for an urgent to get her scandalous material involving celebrities. In this vein, and submitted all the subsequent narrative. Written by journalist plays in the popular tabloid the "stars" of show business, cameraman and director depict intrusive paparazzi, and the actors playing doubles with inspiration from the sitcom, but, in fact, the show is a benefit of one person - Alexander Stefanovich.

"Courage" is based on the memoirs of the director Alexander Stefanovich, who is also known as the second husband of Alla Pugacheva. Stefanovic himself argues that the collective image of the main character, so everything possible similarity with Pugacheva and her biography, he left to the imagination of the audience and he does not insist on it. However, intentional resemblance and makeup of the actress playing Gaul, leave no doubt as to whom it should be like. Game hints seems not so much a good marketing ploy as an attempt to increase interest in the project.

Alexander Stefanovic not only wrote the book, laid the basis for the series "Courage," he adapted it to the script, the actors selected and himself sat in the director's chair, but it was not enough for his needs in creative expression. Stefanovic played himself, the narrator of the story is, Gauls, on the screen. As a result, "Courage" is an embodiment of a one-sided memories interwoven with imagination and dilute personal grievances. All the characters seem to be ugly, repulsive, in each of them the author finds something bad and tends to emphasize this unpleasant trait.

In the style of the tabloid press

In the series, a lot of provocation, blatant vulgarity and hints of narrative style he resembles a mixture of melodrama and tabloid. The on-screen heroes attentive viewers can identify not only the Pugachev and Stefanoficha, but other well-known personalities: Sofia Rotaru, Joe Dassin, Vyacheslav Zaitsev, Sergei Mikhalkov, Andrei Makarevich.

Home played by Alexander Volkov, playing with scale, without regard for the inner content of his character, it Galla, in fact, an empty shell, which is nothing. The main male role played Vladimir Feklenko that indulging aspirations director to show itself at its best, is playing the hero-lover Lover: the real situation Just as empty of content as it is his partner.

The series also stars: Aglaia Shilovskaya Anastasia Lukyanova, Elena Melentyeva Andrei Rapoport, Igor Wernick, Sophia Lebedev, Andrei Podoshyan, Vadim Andreev, Elizabeth Zarubina, Vladimir Vishnevsky, Denis Yakovlev, Ignatius Akrachkov Andrey Noskov Ivan Kokorin, Olesya Seregina and other, all in the project involved more than two hundred actors.

The series does not save any acting, nor the desire of artists meticulously accurately recreate the spirit and charm of the seventies, nor too obvious attempts to speculate on interest in the success story of Alla Pugacheva. Weak script and characters that cause acute rejection, spoil all impression.

Alexander Stefanovich took the opportunity to speak and puts all sore twelve episodes, but does it with a petty offense to the whole world that his story is not catchy, but only causes irritation and sympathy. Out of the series is dedicated to the jubilee of Pugacheva, but a gift of it to get not just bad, and even unpleasant.

Anna Chizh

Related Articles

Russian serials. In the footsteps of the pioneers

The most anticipated series of the fall season, Russian 2012-2013

"The color of wild cherry": secondary romance

"Scout": war is war