At the end of December 2019, the official trailer for the comedy thriller "Number One" was released (release date - spring 2020), and we are in a hurry to share information about the film, the actors of which are: Ksenia Sobchak, Andrey Fedortsov, Philip Yankovsky and many others. Mikhail Raskadnikov represents a rather unusual genre for Russian directors. Not to say that the people anticipate this event, but it will be interesting to look at, because the assembled team impresses with its names.
Expectations rating - 74%.
Russia
Genre:comedy, thriller
Producer:Mikhail Raskhodnikov
Premiere:19 march 2020
Cast:Philip Yankovsky, Dmitry Vlaskin, Ksenia Sobchak, Rina Grishina, Nikolay Schreiber, Maria Lobanova, Andrey Fedortsov, Igor Mirkurbanov
The location of the shooting was the stately St. Petersburg with its beautiful living scenery. Among them are the Peter and Paul Fortress, the "Kresty" isolation ward, St. Isaac's Square and Cathedral, the Academy of Arts, etc.
Plot
Adventures, art, love and crime are the main components of a Russian thriller, in which moments for a smile will surely meet. The plot is based on a plan to steal one of the most expensive works of the American abstract artist Marco Rothko. Painting "No. 1" was the goal of young Artyom (Dima Vlaskin) until he met the experienced swindler Felix (Yankovsky), who had just been released and was planning to start a new "honest" life.
A whole team gathered to build a scam with the abduction of a picture from the gallery, where his wife and daughter come to help Felix (in addition to Artyom). And the investigator (Rina Grishina), whom Artem falls in love with by the will of fate, will try to prevent all this madness.
Production
Director - Mikhail Raskhodnikov ("The Alien"; "Temporary Difficulties"; "Elastico").
Mikhail Raskhodnikov
In addition to the main helmsman, the film crew also included:
- Screenplay: Tikhon Kornev (Crew, Moms);
- Producers: Mikhail Rashodnikov, Sergey Stegny (Dear Dad, The Queen of Spades);
- Operator: Stanislav Sharkov ("Dear Dad", "Favorite");
- Editing: Alexander Amirov ("House", "Two Women", "Battle");
- Artists: Sergey Rakutov ("The Plant), Oksana Shevchenko (" Temporary Difficulties "," Seven Dinners ").
Production: MEGOGO.
Filming lasted one and a half summer months - from mid-July to the end of August 2019.
Philip Yankovsky described his emotions from the process as follows:
“I am glad that the director and producers saw me in this character, although all my life I have played only dramatic roles. I really liked the script. In the process of work we had a wonderful team, young and talented guys. The shooting was difficult, there were many night shifts and difficult locations. For the first time I played together with Ksenia Sobchak. She is a wonderful person and a great partner. "
“This project has become a kind of challenge for me. Fraudsters, scams are not exactly my topic, but after reading the script I realized that there is something in this, ”director Mikhail Raskhodnikov shared his impressions.
Actors
Cast:
- Philip Yankovsky - Felix ("The Mirror", "State Councilor");
- Dmitry Vlaskin - Artem ("Elastico", "Fizruk", "The Law of the Stone Jungle");
- Ksenia Sobchak - wife of Felix, nicknamed "Ant" ("Beauty requires ...", "Romance with cocaine");
- Rina Grishina - Investigator Marina ("Policeman from the Ruble", "Kitchen");
- Nikolai Schreiber - Yegorushka ("Arrhythmia", "Foundling", "Hotel Eleon");
- Maria Lobanova - daughter of Felix and "Ant" ("Coach", "Daddy, die");
- Andrey Fedortsov - a minor character ("Deadly Power", "Time to Collect Stones");
- Igor Mirkurbanov is a minor character (Call DiCaprio, Split, Battle).
Interesting Facts
Additional motivation for viewing can be nuances invisible to the naked eye, for example:
- Number 1 is just the second independent work of the MEGOGO studio.
- Debut of Philip Yankovsky in a comedy role.
- In the process of filming seven copies of the painting "No. 1" were used, and the filmmakers had to resort to official permission to use Rothko's name and copies of Mark's works.
- During one of the work shifts, the film crew needed more than 10 fire trucks (real, active), and two of them had to leave for an urgent call right in the middle of the filming process.
Having learned some of the details, film enthusiasts should wake up with a desire to look at Yankovsky's debut as comedian and director Mikhail Raskadnikov in the work on the thriller genre with elements of comedy (or vice versa, wait and see).
After watching a trailer with such familiar actors, you will inevitably want to fetch out additional information about the film, for example, the release date, and there is one, the premiere screening of "Number One" - March 19, 2020.
