Viewers are already used to the fact that melodrama, especially Russian, is almost synonymous with played, sour-sweet emotions, dubious acting and banal plots. The plot of the story at Zvantsova is also far from originality - a devoted woman wants to make ashes, but everything is implemented very elegantly, with the grace inherent in this director.
As always, Zvantsova all in their places, even interspersed oriental wisdom surprisingly well enter the story space, and the phrase Confucius is introduced not to create a cheap effect, but begins to function like gears that move all the action.
Before you take revenge, dig two graves.
"Rat" touches on a number of important issues, dissects such concepts as betrayal, retribution, revenge, passion, love, duty, family, sacrifice. A rat is not a rejected woman consumed by a feeling of wild jealousy, not a weak man who pushed a beloved woman to a desperate step and did not follow her. The rat is the reflection and focus of human vices and passions.
One of you has such sad eyes: you are like a broken twig.
Here the viewer is not shown a rodent, as in the famous painting by François Ozon “Ratman”, but a small and disgusting animal lives to one degree or another in each of the main characters of the film Alena Zvantsova, forcing others to subordinate themselves, to lead a dangerous game. It is symbolic that the hero, who inside has an antidote to this speculative rat, is eventually faced with the most difficult, almost intractable, choice.
It's a very, very nice movie. It has less pure melodrama than other genres. Here you can find traces of the thriller and parables. Very successfully at different times discharge the growing tension and inclusions of humor. And the dialogue, and in general the manner of speaking of the characters in Zvantsova, give what is happening, despite the severity and at certain moments even cruelty, some warm and cozy atmosphere.
To understand that it is a shame to be a prostitute, you must spoil four bottles of Spanish wine, a kilogram of sausages, three slicings of jamon and a jar of tomatoes?
Acting work is convincing all: Elena Lyadova plays habitually powerfully, on a bare nerve; Nikita Zverev is typically amorphous, but still somehow bribes; Victoria Isakov pleases with its sophistication (for some reason reminded Ksenia Rappoport); Vladimir Vinogradov organically got used to the role of a Frenchman, Vadim Andreyev, usually playing a very good character in the series, which Madhivadirov has shown a very good faith.
My mother was as beautiful as French cinema. When she died, Dad lived alone for four years and two months. And then he married a cashier from the store.
Surprisingly well, Alena Zvantsova is able to create paintings in different genres (melodrama, drama, fantasy, detective) and forms (series, mini-series, feature film, TV), only the recognizable style does not change. And that's beautiful!
9 out of 10