The "top". The film, reviews of which make you think

In 2009, the national film festival "Moscow Premiere" hosted the debut of the drama directed by Vasily Sigarev "Volchok". Film reviews of Russian filmmakers and festival participants were called "a special event."

Confession

In the same year the picture was awarded with an impressive number of prizes of the "Kinotavr" (the main prize and prizes for the best script, female role, film critics of the Russian Federation and the Guild of Film Experts) and was selected to participate in the competition held in Karlovy Vary. Despite the misunderstanding of ordinary people, the film "Volchok" critics received admired, his rating was IMDb: 7.20. The filmmakers appreciated the new level of author's film extremism of Sigarev.

Household Tale

Nothing bothers compatriots' hearts as national films. "Volchok" good reviews, among other things, received for that without embellishment showed a harsh Russian reality.

The narrative begins with the scene of persecution. For the pregnant heroine on a clean field, drowning in snowdrifts, law enforcement officers are chasing. Because of the crime she committed, the heroine is sentenced to prison terms, and the born child is transferred to a grandmother for education. The daughter will see the dissolute mother seven years later. Paying off from the child, the woman gives the baby a couple of cans of condensed milk, a hedgehog, a hematogen and a wooden top. After hurrying away with unknown men in an unknown direction.

The girl has a lot of reasons to turn into a bristling wolf, but the unrequited and selfless feeling of love for the mother helps her to socialize. And the surrounding reality is perceived as a top. Film reviews have diametrically opposite. Separate cinematographers-moralists express their protest demonstrations of obscene scenes with the child's participation in the narrative.

Children's narration

The film "Volchok", reviews and reviews is confirmation of this, according to the structure of the narrative is similar to Anna Melikyan's "Mermaid", in which the children act on the screen of abominations. But Sigarev presents "children's narration" without flirting with the achievements of civilization and glamor. In addition, the voiceover voice of the girl actually belongs to the performer of the main role, concurrently the wife of the producer Jana Troyanova. What can not help pushing the fan of intellectual cinema to the idea of closed life, in which children from despair are forced to repeat the fate of their parents.

Despite the love of their characters, the director does not idealize them, so it is very difficult to watch and perceive his production. Viewers who are going to see the brainchild of Sigarev, should prepare for the perception of a rather gloomy plot and the presence in it of an impressive number of profanity.

main character

Despite the fact that the narrative is conducted on behalf of the child, the main heroine of the drama is the prodigal (in all senses) mother. This characteristic role was a real gift for the brilliant actress Yana Troyanova. The performer made the heroine an embodiment of spiritual meanness and weakness, the character turned out to be really repulsive, evoking disgust and righteous anger. The actress managed to demonstrate to the viewer not only the character of her character, but also her transformation. Simply awesome acting work!

Fine decision and direction of the drama "Volchok"

Film reviews enthusiastic received not only thanks to the efforts of the actors invited to produce the tape. The experts called the fine solution of the picture magnificent, as the immediate merit of the debutant operator Alexei Arsentiev. Thanks to his skill, the wretched provincial house looks strange, even a mystical place, as the little heroine perceives his home. The artist's work is also remarkable: the brightness of the external world is contrasted with the grayness of the interior of the grandmother's house, and the catchy colors in the clothes of the character of Troyanova are the restrained attire of her sister and mother. However, the success of the graphic system can not smooth the unpleasant residue from the moral ambiguity of the "Volchok" drama.

Film reviews of filmmakers of all stripes are praised for what is happening is not without dynamics, although most of the events unfold in an enclosed space. And when there is a need, the action is transferred to the space, which is more than enough. To achieve such an effect from the first time is not possible to all the directors who previously engaged in theatrical productions.

About shortcomings

Like most of the screen versions of plays, "Volchka" has one drawback - an overabundance of monologues and dialogues. Since the theatrical performance is limited to the stage, its main driving factor is the actors. Even the most ordinary text in their performance sounds different, each time changing depending on the mood of the audience. Cinematography at times more dynamic, and many can express with a visual series of images, not text.