Nina Pavlovna Shubina is not a professional actress. She is a simple resident of Podyugi village. Born in 1936 in the village of Khmelevo, Konosh district of the Arkhangelsk region, spent her whole life near the land, fields and vegetable gardens, raised seven children. Did she think that
In the sixty-sixth year of life, fate will present such an unexpected surprise, and she will have to play in the movies with real professional actors, and after the premiere of the film she will wake up famous?
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Nina Pavlovna Shubina is not a professional actress. She is a simple resident of Podyugi village. Born in 1936 in the village of Khmelevo, Konosh district of the Arkhangelsk region, spent her whole life near the land, fields and vegetable gardens, raised seven children. Did she think that
In the sixty-sixth year of life, fate will present such an unexpected surprise, and she will have to play in the movies with real professional actors, and after the premiere of the film she will wake up famous?
Director Lydia Bobrova has long sought a candidacy for the role of the main character in
picture "Babusya" She went through a lot of talented actresses, but eventually came to the conclusion that they would all play. Perhaps brilliant, but still to play, and Bobrova needed to Baba Tosia on the screen lived. Then the search began, and the choice stopped at Nina Shubina. At first, she didn’t want to listen to anything, the old woman thought that not only would she not cope, but that it was a mistake. But the director did not miscalculate, and the role turned out to be extremely convincing.
The story of “Babushi” is a rather typical fate of many old people who were left behind.
At first, a happy mother and grandmother, by the will of fate left without her own roof over her head, she became unnecessary from her relatives and went outside.
The film turned out to be so shrill and truthful that they recognized abroad that this is a history and a problem not only of Russia, it is a problem of attitude to the elderly all over the world.
The picture received many awards, such as the Grand Prix of the Festival of Festivals in St. Petersburg, in Karlovy Vary - the Special Jury Prize of the IFF, the Grand Prix and the Audience Award at the IFF in Cottbus.
Nina Shubina herself was awarded the prize for the best female role at the Kinotavr festival in Sochi.