[Regnum] This picture has three names - two workers and one rental. At first, the film was supposed to be called "Dangerous Water", but it was too simple and did not in any way hint at the event outline - rather, here you can imagine something from the life of man-eating sharks. Then came "When the storks were falling," which seemed to be closer to the point, but probably seemed too pompous. As a result, the creators came up with the simplest and safest option. So what if there is not our series of the same name - let this be our answer! But did it work out? The indecision in the choice of the name already raises doubts, because it testifies to the vagueness of the concept.
First of all, the genre of the film is unclear. Kozlovskyhe seems to be removing a historical drama, but he comes out with a very unpretentious melodrama against the background of a tragic and heroic moment in our history. Moreover, this simplicity is brought almost to the limit. The main character of the film, a firefighter from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Alexey, a macho man and a lover of a beautiful life, accidentally meets his former beloved Olga in a hairdressing salon, whom he abandoned for some unknown reason ten years ago. Suddenly, passion flares up in Alexei again, and he attacks Olga with such energy and pressure, as if she were a hotbed of fire. In the meantime, he learns that he has a son, also Alyosha. The rude invasion of almost someone else's personal life continues, and Alexei does not hesitate to show up to his beloved in a very drunken state to make an offer. He decides to leave the fire station - it's too boring, after all, he practically does the work of a fire inspector, and does not fight the elements. He is attracted by the capital, interesting work and family happiness. But dreams are not destined to come true.
In general, it seems that Alexei is a victim of some kind of curse or the owner of negative talent. He is inclined, without a clear reason, to suddenly and at the most inopportune moment to leave his own people, in order to then feverishly and fussily try to fix everything. During the accident, he - already fired - rushes into the heat and stupidly rushes there until he takes on the role of a nurse. However, this is just an impulse. When volunteers are required the next day to help drain overheated radioactive water from under the reactor, Alexei refuses. And only trouble with his son makes him make a kind of deal: with you - treatment in Switzerland for the boy, with me - a feat. Only closer to the final did he become a real volunteer - as always, inexplicably and spontaneously - they told him about May Day in Kiev from the very beginning,
| No mention of the "woodpecker phased array analog radar" that required all these reactors to run. No mention that the designer of the radar system and reactor complex had to run to Manheim AFB and defect because his wife (who taught communism at Moscow U) and his political commissar caught him in bed with the commissar's wife... leaving the whole mess to be run by communist flunkies who screwed it up royally leaving a total cluster f. Oh and even worse that analog phased array radar that ran on those reactors was a total POS! |
It's a Russian drama, not an investigative television documentary.
| There is a clear lesson here about not letting key personnel sleep with the commissar’s wife, no matter how friendly she might be to everyone as a matter of principle. |
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