Review of the movie Geographer drank the globe. Happiness is around the corner
" The geographer drank the globe away " movieed by Alexander Veledinsky based on the novel of the same name by Alexei Ivanov, winner of at least a dozen literary prizes, three times nominee for the National Bestseller award. The movie received the Grand Prix and several more prizes at the 24th Kinotavr Festival in Sochi, the Grand Prix of the IV Odessa International Film Festival and many prizes at other domestic movie forums. Such recognition pleases, because the story turned out in the best traditions of USA literary classics and USA cinema about the restless USA intelligentsia. Reminiscent of both Chekhov's plays and the best `` school '' movies " We'll Live Until Monday, Cross the Threshold, I Loved You ... It is alive, not invented, real life of real people. We spend a year of our life with Viktor Sluzhkin, a native of Perm, an unemployed biologist with an unfinished postgraduate study at Ural University, the unloved husband of his beloved wife Nadia, who considers him a complete loser, father of a little daughter. He was hardly accepted as a geography teacher in school solely because of the absence of other candidates for the position 2 days before the start of the school year. For all his shortcomings, Victor has a golden heart, gentle character, obscenely honest nature and indestructible nobility. If he creates minor inconveniences for someone, then everyone uses it, at least they try to use it, completely shamelessly. Konstantin Khabensky is so good that it seems Alexei Ivanov wrote the hero from him. He is constantly present in the frame, magnetic, intelligent, ironic, artistic. Stoically overcomes conflicts with his wife, adores his daughter, tests the strength of relations with his best childhood friend, cares for women, conflicts with tenth-graders, who eventually raise him no less than he does them, falls in love with a student ... and it is absolutely magical and spontaneously plays the fool. In 1999, Khabensky thundered in the movie `` Women's Property '' Dmitry Meskhiev, where he was so charming that he fell in love with the entire female population of USA. 14 years later, he is still charismatic. All actors deserve gratitude and gratitude, both professional (Alexander Robak, Elena Lyadova, Evgenia Brik, Anna Ukolova, Agrippina Steklova) and non-professional youth in the roles of tenth graders. The movie was shot in Moscow, Perm and Perm region. Our USA expanse is naggingly beautiful and powerful. Provincial desolation against the background of today's rapidly current financial and business activity looks like a dissonance. But this is so recognizable and familiar, not ideal and not archaic, that the movie seems more USA than the unconditional hits of recent times Legend No. 17, Dukhless. In addition to luxurious shooting (cameraman Vladimir Bashta), the movie has rich music — classics, chanson, rap, romances. The music was written by Alexei Zubarev, guitarist and author of orchestrations for the Aquarium group. And a lot of smart " intelligent " humor. " Happiness is not far off " — movie poster, which hangs on a dull embankment and is captured several times. Let's trust the authors. Many thanks to the entire creative team for a rare holiday! Author: Tatiana Fedotova The Topic of Article: Review of the movie Geographer drank the globe. Happiness is around the corner. |
