- Country: Russia
- Genre: drama, thriller, fantasy
- Producer: A. Proshkin
- Premiere in Russia: 2021
- Starring: A. Filimonov, A. Smolyaninov, D. Savelyeva, V. Lukashchuk, A. Rozin, A. Slyu, G. Puskepalis, D. Ekamasova, V. Kornienko, J. Sexte and others.
- Duration: 8 episodes (48 min.)
In 2021, the Okko video service will release the Russian multi-part thriller "Survivors". Boris Khlebnikov was the creative producer of the series. The action will unfold in a fictional post-apocalyptic city. The main characters are a small group of survivors trying to escape from bandits and feral dogs. The project is a main series and eight "web-series", the events of which will unfold in parallel.
They will talk about how humanity, or rather its remnants, is trying to survive in any way in the conditions of the already happened apocalypse. The lines of the heroes of each story will intertwine. The release date of the series and the trailer for the series "Survivors" are expected in 2021, the actors and the plot have already been announced.
About the plot
Before us is the post-apocalyptic world of the future, which has survived the fall of an entire civilization and a global virus pandemic. There are very few people left, and they are all affected by the virus. No one can wake up normally - in order for a person to be awake, he must be awakened, otherwise he will die. At the same time, no one trusts each other, people are looking for food and gasoline on the streets, fleeing flocks of angry hungry dogs.
The structure of the series' narrative is non-standard. The show consists of eight separate web series, which consist of small episodes. Moreover, the events in each episode develop in parallel to each other. All storylines are interconnected and influence the result of the decisions made and the actions of the heroes. Some of the characters will continue their journey together, while others will part forever.
Production
Directed by Andrey Proshkin ("Spartak and Kalashnikov", "Games of Moths", "The Story of a Purpose", "Translator").
Voiceover team:
- Screenplay: Alexander Lungin ("Great poetry", "Brotherhood", "Nowhere to hurry", "Black water"), Roman Volobuev ("Quest", "Just imagine what we know", "The last minister", "A short course of a happy life "," A good man "), Elena Vanina (" Londongrad. Know ours "," Quest "," The last minister "," Project "Anna Nikolaevna" ");
- Producers: Alexander Plotnikov ("Stories", "An ordinary woman", "Godunov", "Between us, girls. Continuation"), Sofia Kvashilava ("Nagiyev in quarantine", "Notes of the hotelier # Helvetia", "Bar" On the chest " - 2 "), Teymur Jafarov (" To Survive After "," Heat "," In a Cage "), etc .;
- Operator: Artem Yemelyanov ("Bridge", "Sunday", "Closeness");
- Artist: Kirill Shuvalov ("Heart of the World", "Day Before", "Donbass", "Gentle").
Sophia Kvashilava, general producer of the Okko Entertainment video service, shared:
“We are so happy that the classic filming process has finally resumed, we miss it so much! Our team is actively working to create exclusive content for viewers of the Okko service. We try not to limit ourselves either by form or content, but, on the contrary, we are trying all the time to find new moves and entertaining projects that will definitely please a large audience. Our team is confident that the audience will be able to appreciate the result of the work on the "Survivors". And our upcoming exclusive shows will continue our leadership trend and break records for the number of views. "
Boris Khlebnikov, who is the creative producer of the series, said:
“It's incredible luck to have a team like ours: creative producer Bakur Bakuradze, director Andrei Proshkin, scriptwriters Alexander Lungin, Roman Volobuev, Elena Vanina. It is also unique that the body of the Survivors episodes and the web series form the main series, moving away from the main storyline and getting closer to it. All this creates a completely new, voluminous cinematic universe. "
“We came up with and started developing our series long before the well-known pandemic. It was conceived as a post-apocalyptic fantasy. As soon as the pandemic began, we made the decision to correct something, linking our ideas with what is happening in the world. But then we quickly changed our minds because of our dislike for actual journalism, which our project could become. After all, cinema should be balanced and deliberate. Our authors continued to work on the script during the quarantine period, bringing in a lot of ideas from themselves, mostly psychological experience ”.
Cast
Cast:
- Alexey Filimonov ("To Live", "The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik");
- Arthur Smolyaninov (Who Else But Us, Kalashnikov, Standing On the Edge, The Last Slaughter, Samara);
- Daria Savelyeva (An Ordinary Woman, Red Bracelets);
- Valentina Lukashchuk ("Personal Circumstances", "Collector", "Patriot");
- Alexey Rozin ("Dislike", "Elena", "Ivanovs-Ivanovs");
- Anna Slyu (Nine Lives of Nestor Makhno, A Short Course in a Happy Life, Diamond Hunters);
- Gleb Puskepalis ("Koktebel", "The Inquisitor");
- Daria Ekamasova (Legend # 17, Spartak and Kalashnikov, Give mi Liberty, Games of Moths, Split, Money);
- Vitaly Kornienko ("Time of the First", "Better than People", "Gurzuf", "Quiet Don");
- Yana Sexte (“Heavenly Judgment”, “To Live”, “Heavenly Judgment”, “Thaw”, “Particle of the Universe”).
Interesting Facts
Did you know that:
- In the synopsis of the series Survivors (2021), the new disease is described as “the symptomatic manifestation of all deadly epidemics - from Ebola to Staphylococcus aureus. In an infected person, the number of leukocytes drops extremely, and the person begins to choke, there is a static shock, the kidneys fail, the lungs fill with blood. "
- Some of the scenes were filmed at the Holy Trinity Cemetery. Especially for filming, “fresh” graves were organized for burial. The artist of the painting and the film crew created the scenery for several hours without disturbing the ancient atmosphere of the cemetery: a pit was dug on the main road, designed as a burial place, fake monuments were installed, in a certain way the overgrown and abandoned part of the cemetery was simulated.