"Later repentance": actors. "Later remorse": a description of the series

The series "Late remorse" was filmed in 2013Oksana Bayrak, in the same year his premiere took place on the First Russian TV channel. What did the Queen of Romance offer her viewers this time and what feedback did her work receive from the audience?

Oksana Bayrak and her work on Late Repentance

Oksana Bayrak's personality is quite remarkable,at least in the Ukrainian cinema. The owner of her own production studio (Studio Bayrak), despite criticism and any crises in the country, continues to produce several films a year.

The genre of melodrama is her favorite, but with a formTV series the director has not yet come across. Bayrak, when asked how many episodes in the film “Late Repentance”, in an interview with one of the TV channels, reported long before the premiere that 16. At the same time, she added that during the six months of the filming process she “joined” the story and her characters so much that the end of filming involuntarily burst into tears.

Since the total length of the mountedabout 720 minutes (quite a long time), Oksana Bayrak initially tried to dilute the main plot melodramatic line with elements of a detective and a thriller.

"Late remorse": content

Given the length of time the plot covers “Late repentance”, how many episodes it will take to tell this story, Oksana Bayrak planned the filming process.

История начинается с того, что главные герои – Kira Arsenyeva and Sergey Sazhnev are young (only 16 years old) and love each other very much. But when Kira became pregnant by her young friend, her mother Mila forces the girl to have an abortion. For Kira, this is too big a shock - she is trying to commit suicide. After her attempt failed, Kira breaks up with Sergei, sits down on anti-depressants, escapes from home and gets married early.

After this, the life of the main characters turns intoa series of mistakes. Kira lives with an unloved man, whose fault eventually ends up in jail. Sergey is trying to build relationships with other women, but life still remains faded and tasteless. Before Kira’s arrest, they manage to meet only once, but due to a misunderstanding, Sergey begins to think that his first love had a rather successful marriage and leaves attempts to establish contact.

The melodrama "Late Repentance" ends with a classic happy ending: aged and filled with grief, Kira and Sergey meet again and never leave again.

Late Repentance: actors and roles

Young Kira Arsenyev was played by a 20-year-old actressAnastasia Richie (TV / c "The Brothers Karamazov", 2009), in an older age Anna Sinyakina intercepted the baton. The role of Sergei Sazhnev in his youth was played by the young Alexey Barbinov, who had previously starred mainly in pop music videos (Via Gra, Angelica Agurbash), then he was replaced by Artem Krestnikov.

The roles of the members of the Arsenyev family went to the following actors:

• father - Oleg Maslennikov-Voitov (“Unloved”, 2012);
• mother - Regina Männik;
• Lika's sister - Maya Chaika (character in childhood), Yana Glushchenko (“Father's instinct”, 2012);
• Brother Kostya - Andrei Costas (character in childhood), George Moskalyuk.

"Late Repentance" is a film in whichMaksim Drozd (Shtrafbat, 2004), Darina Loboda (Svaty-5, 2011), Igor Wernick (Heat, 2006), Nataliya Vasko (Territory of Beauty, 2009), Sergey Kalantay (“Efrosinya”, 2010–13), Daria Volga (“Efrosinya”, 2010) and others.

Anna Sinyakina as Kira

Anna Sinyakina first saw the viewer in the movieKaren Shakhnazarov "Day of the Full Moon", and then in the cult film "Voroshilovsky shooter" (dir. S. Govorukhin "). It seems that the actress is not particularly keen to make a career in cinema - for all these years she has acted in only 8 films. But in theatrical performances, it is quite in demand.

For the film "Late Repentance" actors OksanaAccording to the director, Bayrak was selected on the basis of the compliance of the real personal qualities of the performers with the distinctive features of their characters. Perhaps that is why the meek and defenseless Sinyakin in the role of the long-suffering Kira looks so organic: her main character constantly becomes a victim of intrigue and meekly accepts any twists and turns in fate.

"Late remorse" is a film thatinterested in the actress the opportunity to play several ages of one character. Anna Sinyakina admitted in an interview with one of the TV channels that she had not yet had such an acting experience.

Artem Krestnikov and his character Sergey Sazhnev

In the TV series "Late Repentance" the actors facedwith the need to reincarnate several times as their heroes grow up. Similarly, Artem Krestnikov (a graduate of GITIS) plays Sergei Sazhnev, the beloved main character, in several age segments.

For filming the series Krestnikov dropped about 20kg When asked by journalists about his character, his main goal is to bring one simple truth through his character to the audience: “Men, take care of women!” And the bitter experience of his hero is proof of this.

Regina Männik as Mila Arsenyeva

For the film "Late Repentance" actors, as alreadymentioned, wanted colorful. The role of the main villain, who manages to break the lives of many heroes along the plot, was given to the most controversial actress - Regina Männik.

Redhead with sharp features Regina Männikstarred in several films of Oksana Bayrak and always played strong women, even a little aggressive. However, the actress admits that in life she prefers to be weak and give the initiative in the hands of men.

Mila Arsenyev in "Late Repentance" - sourceall conflicts: she forces Kira to have an abortion, separates Sergey and thereby breaks the girl’s life; she holds by hook or by crook in the family of her husband, whom she does not love and whom she changes; she deprives the female happiness of her friend; indirectly, the reason for the fact that her youngest daughter is hitting prostitution - in a word, everything is in the best traditions of melodramas for a female audience. And it is through the mouth of her character that the sacramental phrase is pronounced in the final series of the film: “This is my - later repentance”.

Viewers' comments

The series "Late remorse" caused a flurry of reviews on forums on the Internet, not only from women, but also from men.

Interestingly, most of the reviews are related to the “tasteless” make-up of the actresses and their “terrible” hairstyles, as well as unwrapped wrinkles, etc.

Positive feedback gets the game actor MaximDrozd and Regina Myannik, the rest of the cast cast accusations. Also, viewers are talking about the improbability of the plot and the large number of “stamps” that “roam” from melodrama to melodrama. However, about 30% of the reviews remain positive and come mainly from ardent fans of Oksana Bayrak.

The quality of movies is always a controversial issue:Each viewer assesses the plot and the veracity of acting, based on their own life experience, taste preferences and emotional needs. So, to decide whether to watch a series or not, paradoxically, you can only see at least a few episodes.