"High security vacation": the actors of the comedy, which became a hit at the box office

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

2009 brought the premiere of an excellent comedy to the audience. The entertaining film was called High Security Vacation. Actors led by director Igor Zaitsev undertook to transfer the plot of the novel of the same name by Andrey Kivinov from book pages to textured cinematic reality.

Extraordinary plot

This comedy is far from clichéd stories about women's friendship, club hangouts or incidents at a bachelor party. The plot begins, surprisingly, in prison. Viktor Sumarokov and Yevgeny Koltsov are serving their sentences together. The difference between them is that Sumarokov is an experienced convict who is afraid of his cellmates, while Koltsov is imprisoned unfairly and straight from the police post.

Can such different people become comrades? And how. Yevgeny Koltsov barely fights off the aggressive attacks of prisoners who have learned about his profession. He understands that it is so close to death, and asks a special forces friend to organize an escape in the midst of a prison brawl. receivedwounded during a brutal fight Sumarokov Koltsov decides to take the company. Undercover fugitives are brought to a children's camp, where they become counselors. Will they be able to cope with a horde of children and conquer the female half of their colleagues?

The central actors of the film "High Security Vacation"

The main roles of the comedy went to Dmitry Dyuzhev and Sergey Bezrukov. Together they already had a chance to star in the cult TV series "Brigade". That is why it was especially interesting to watch their duet in the comedy High Security Vacation. Actors Dyuzhev and Bezrukov are very friendly in real life, so it was a pleasure for them to work together again. A particularly colorful role went to Sergei, because he had to portray a real recidivist. The talent for deep transformation helped Bezrukov here too - he got used to the role entrusted to him, plausibly copying prison habits and specific jargon.

Comedy was not without cute female images. The role of the counselor, who conquered the mossy heart of Sumarokov, who forgot life according to human, not prison terms, was played by Alena Babenko ("Driver for Vera", "Indy"). It was quite amusing to watch the rapprochement of characters experiencing mutual sympathy.

"High Security Vacation": actors and supporting roles

In the film, actors who have long proven themselves on the positive side flashed: master Vladimir Menshov, the legendary Lyudmila Polyakova, Roman Madyanov, Kirill Pletnev, AlexeiKravchenko and others. In the episode, there was a place for the screenwriter of the picture Andrey Kivinov.

Public reaction

The film became one of the box office hits, and gained a foothold in the leading position almost immediately. The first two weeks of the show brought the creators 15 million dollars on a budget of 5 million. The final fees amounted to as much as 17 million, which is a record figure against the background of other films not only in 2009, but also in early years.

What is the secret of such a huge success? The audience couldn't help but approve of the really funny jokes, good camera work and good atmosphere of High Security Vacation. Actors Sergei Bezrukov and Dmitry Dyuzhev, who are the favorites of the public, also fueled interest in the film. Decorated the screen action and unobtrusive, but very soulful soundtrack performed by the original domestic group "Lyube", personifying the primordial cordiality of the Russian people.

The work of the comedy team, done in good conscience, and not in haste, found a reward in the face of satisfied contemplators. From time to time, especially on holidays, movies are broadcast on Channel One, and the whole family gathers at the screen. It is not for nothing that Sergei Bezrukov called the picture truly family-oriented and evoking a spiritual response. “The most important thing,” the actor noted, “is that a human story looms here.”