Secret signs in the 2002 series. TV movie "Secret Sign"

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

At the end of the 2000s, television entered a real golden era of television series production, which were almost in no way inferior to rental films, while telling a longer and deeper story. Naturally, the sharp increase in the popularity of the TV product made more stringent demands on the development of the story, characters and their development over several seasons. One of the most non-trivial domestic TV films is the series "Secret Sign", which touches upon the problem of involving teenagers in a religious group, the postulates of which are far from the canons of the dominant church. Due to the relevance of the problem being covered, the project was funded by the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Television and Radio Broadcasting.

Trilogy

The premiere of the first season of the TV movie took place in April 2002 on the channel "TNT", after it was broadcast by other domestic TV channels. The series was also released on VHS. The main advantage of the first season was not only secret signs that tell the main characters the direction of the investigation, but also strong emotions (and not always positive)viewers while watching and the unpredictability of the storyline.

Two years later, the second and third seasons of the series went on the air at once under the headings "Return of the Master" and "Formula of Happiness". They also had enough secret signs, but despite the intrigue, unlike the first part, they did not receive high ratings and were practically unnoticed by the media and the public.

Plot twists and turns

The events of the film "Secret Sign" unfold in a town near Moscow in which strange things happen: teenage girls disappear one after another. Rumors are circulating about a psychotic maniac at work and rampant drug dealers. During this period, one of the main characters, 16-year-old Oleg, arrives in the town along with his father, a former military man. He, like many other peers, becomes involved in a sect, whose members, finding secret signs indicating the imminent coming of the Master, who calls himself God on earth, expect "the beginning of a new life." The mentor of a religious sect concurrently is a computer science teacher Baev.

In connection with a series of mass deaths due to a strange coincidence, investigator Zhogol arrives in the city from the regional prosecutor's office. Together with the local law enforcement officer Alexei Skvortsov, they begin to unravel the tangle of mysterious incidents, the secret will still become clear.

Russian Twin Peaks

The first season of the project was called by many viewers a masterpiece of the domestic youth thriller, because for eight episodesthe narrative combined the components of the most intriguing genres - mysticism, detective and thriller. In general, all three seasons have a rather intricate plot, fully consistent with the detective drama. The narrative from the first episodes is full of secret signs that encourage the viewer, together with the detectives, to look for a clue to everything that happens. The intrigue persists until the final episodes, so the story keeps in suspense. At the climax, the authors introduce an unpredictable turn of events that dot the I.

A project that never loses relevance

The undoubted advantage of the series is the acting work of young Yuri Moseychuk, Daria Semenova, Elizaveta Oliferova, Artur Smolyaninov (Lyuty from the 9th company) and experienced performers: Yuri Lakhin, Alexander Belyavsky (impeccable in the image of a priest), Marina Yakovleva. And, of course, it is impossible not to note the professionalism of Sergei Varchuk and Vladimir Steklov.

All three seasons of the series "The Secret Sign" touch upon various aspects of the life of adolescents and youth, conflicts between children and parents, the search for oneself and one's place in life. The authors deliberately focus on the fact that youthful naivete, suggestibility and all that follows from this can lead to disastrous consequences. More than 15 years have passed since the premiere of the first season, but the sad trends in the teenage environment have remained almost unchanged, as well as the problems highlighted in the TV movie.