- Country: Russia
- Genre: drama, sports
- Producer: S. Korshunov
- Premiere in Russia: 2021
- Starring: A. Bely, I. Petrenko, A. Vasiliev, M. Zaporozhsky, L. Lapinsh, A. Venes, N. Pavlenko, S. Shakurov, A. Poplavskaya, I. Olerinskaya and others.
- Duration: 8 episodes
The Master is a Russian project about the unique KAMAZ-master team, which represents Russia in the world motor sport. The release date for the episodes of the 1st season of the series "Master" will be released in 2020, the trailer is expected soon. The series was filmed by order of the NTV channel.
About the plot
This is a story about Denis Sazonov, a former pilot of the KAMAZ-master auto racing team, who plans to return to his team after a 12-year break and failures in almost all spheres of life. It turned out to be not that easy. Sazonov was once fired from KAMAZ-master for violating team ethics by becoming the youngest champion in the world rally-raid history.
Now the man wants to give himself a second chance and wants to win the rally-raid once again. The situation is complicated by the fact that none of the team is happy with his return. The deputy director of KAMAZ-master himself is against the return of Sazonov. And then Denis decides to cheat, getting a job as a janitor in order to go all the way all over again. At the same time, the ex-wife of Sazonov aspires to become a navigator, and then the first female pilot of the men's team.
Production
The director's chair was taken by Stepan Korshunov ("Vocal-criminal ensemble", "Dead by 99%", "Web 9", "Fourth shift").
Voiceover team:
- Screenplay: Shaban Muslimov ("33 square meters"), Nina Shulika ("Magomayev"), Andrey Galanov ("Freud's Method", "Sharpie"), etc .;
- Producers: Fedor Bondarchuk ("Battalion", "Youth. Adult Life", "Chiki", "Sputnik", "Ice 2"), Timur Vainshtein ("Provincial", "Matter of Honor"), Dmitry Tabarchuk ("To Survive After" , "Mothers of Champions"), etc .;
- Camera work: Vyacheslav Lisnevsky ("Retribution", "Run!", "Rook");
- Artists: Denis Bauer ("Dragon Syndrome"), Elena Medvedko ("Kitchen. The War for the Hotel").
Studio
Art Pictures Vision
Filming began in January 2020.
Filming location: Kazan and Naberezhnye Chelny, Republic of Tatarstan / Astrakhan region, Moscow / Kazakhstan.
Actors
Cast:
- Anatoly Bely ("Kuprin. Yama", "Metro", "Yarik", "Woe from Wit");
- Igor Petrenko ("Everyone Has Their Own War", "Name Day", "Driver for Vera");
- Anton Vasiliev ("Nevsky. Alien Among Strangers", "The Pupil");
- Makar Zaporozhsky ("Through My Eyes", "Method", "Emergency Situations. Emergency Situation");
- Linda Lapinsh ("Policeman from Rublevka in Beskudnikovo", "Former");
- Aristarchus Venes ("The Law of the Stone Jungle");
- Nikita Pavlenko (“The Law of the Stone Jungle”, “Out of the Game”, “Call Center”);
- Sergey Shakurov (“Zvorykin-Muromets”, “One Hundred Days After Childhood”, “Sibiriada”);
- Angelina Poplavskaya ("Bad Weather");
- Ingrid Olerinskaya (“Inadequate People”, “Londongrad. Know Ours”).
Interesting Facts
Interesting that:
- The preparation process for the film project lasted about 5 years.
- KAMAZ-master is a Russian auto racing team that specializes in participating in rally-raids. The name is associated with the largest company in Russia for the production of trucks "KamAZ", located in Naberezhnye Chelny. The pilots take part in races on KamAZ cars. The team has 17 victories in the Dakar Rally.