- Country: Russia
- Genre: drama
- Producer: A. Melikyan
- Premiere in Russia: 2021
- Starring: V. Isakova, E. Tsyganov, K. Khabensky, I. Dapkunaite, V. Moroz, Yu. Peresild, R. Kurkova, A. Mikhalkova, M. Labkovsky and others.
In 2021, another project from the incredible Anna Melikyan comes out - the series "Tenderness". This is a version of Anna Melikyan's black and white short film released in 2018. The series will continue the story of the heroine Victoria Isakova. The trailer for the series "Tenderness" has not yet been released, but there are already footage from the set, the release date of the series is expected in 2021.
Plot
The series will show the whole life of the main character, business woman Elena Ivanovna Podberezkina, including her childhood. The creators hinted that the daughter of the actress, Varvara Moroz, will play in the project.
According to the plot, Elena arrives in St. Petersburg and must show her friend that she is still successful with men. She starts looking for a sexual partner, but she has only 24 hours to do it!
Production
Director - Anna Melikyan ("Fairy", "Mermaid", "Star", "About Love. Only for Adults", "Quartet").
Voiceover team:
- Producer: Olga Danova ("Hope", "One breath", "Women's consultation");
- Operators: Ksenia Sereda (Call DiCaprio!, Acid, Dylda, Very Female Stories, Happy End, Chernobyl), Vsevolod Kaptur (Hardcore, Grand, Short Course happy life").
Filming began in mid-June 2020.
Actors
Starring:
- Victoria Isakova (The Thaw, The Island, The Apprentice, Very Women's Stories, Hope, One Breath);
- Evgeny Tsyganov ("Battle for Sevastopol", "Walk", "Brest Fortress", "47", "Ninth", "Draft", "Dead Lake");
- Konstantin Khabensky ("Time of the First", "Method", "Yesenin", "Heavenly Judgment", "Fairy");
- Ingeborga Dapkunaite ("Katya: A Military History", "The Bridge", "Heavenly Court", "Alaska Kid");
- Varvara Moroz;
- Yulia Peresild (The Case of the Deli No. 1, The Executioner, Yesenin, The Summer of the Wolves);
- Ravshana Kurkova ("Balkan Frontier", "Moms", "Hardcore", "And in Our Yard", "Call DiCaprio!");
- Anna Mikhalkova ("An ordinary woman", "The story of one appointment", "#SidYadoma", "Very female stories");
- Mikhail Labkovsky.
Interesting Facts
Interesting that:
- The filming process was supposed to begin in April 2020 in St. Petersburg, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The duration of each episode is no more than 25 minutes.
- Rating of the original short film "Tenderness": KinoPoisk - 7.6, IMDb - 6.9.
- The short was shot on an iPhone.
- Konstantin Khabensky will be the "voice-over".
Material prepared by the editors of the website kinofilmpro.ru