The film by Dmitry Astrakhan "Everything will be fine", filmed back in 1995, and now has not lost its relevance, has not lost the interest of the viewer. An ordinary life story, similar to hundreds of non-fictional fates of neighbors and relatives, will not leave indifferent a representative of any generation of Russians.
A film that has become a modern classic
The shooting of the feature film "Everything will be fine" took place in a difficult period for Russian cinema. Nevertheless, the picture not only found its audience, but also became a kind of reflection of that time. Many critics saw a certain caricature of the film in relation to the inhabitants of the outback, but the mass audience did not want to notice this side of the storyline, both during the premiere, and does not see it this way now, after almost 20 years of its existence. According to the reviews of admirers of the director's work, the film is so close and understandable that the character of a real Russian person is clearly visible in it, even in the heroes who came from America to visit their small homeland.
Interesting facts about filming
The film "Everything will be fine" was filmed in St. Petersburg, in a place called Utkina Zavod, on the outskirts of the city. The scenery for the plots did not have to be created, since a dormitory building was found, completely repeating the idea of the scriptwriter and director. It is noteworthy that during the filming the inhabitants of the house were in the same place, continuing their habitual drinking of alcohol, and some of them regularly appear in crowd scenes. Their constant drunkenness does not prevent the acting group from remembering them fondly. For example, Mikhail Ulyanov received a bouquet of flowers from them, bought with small coins collected by the "whole world". According to him, this is the most expensive bouquet in his entire career, because it was presented from the heart, really from the heart!
Filming took place in the winter, but according to the script, the movie takes place in the summer. In this regard, many curious situations arose. The scene of the fight of the main characters was filmed under a huge awning, against the background of a tree, as it was snowing. As a result, the equipment was nearly damaged. The trick with a lonely old man driving in a wheelchair attached to a truck was in no way possible, since there was no stuntman with a face that at least partially resembled the face of the performer. As a result, most of the frames of this episode were filmed with Mikhail Ulyanov himself.
The casting did not take long, since the roles were already written for the performers. Small overlays associated with the refusal of one of the heroes, due to the heavy workload, decided by themselves, according to Dmitry Astrakhan, and did not affect the quality of the film. This was an isolated case, the rest of the actors, after reading the script, agreed to participate without hesitation. The story of the Russian Cinderella of the 90s attracted the attention of both eminent representatives of the acting world and those unknown to a wide range of viewers.
The secret of the film's popularity
The picture won popular love, first of all, for its believability and maximum transmission of the realities of that time. Against the background of the gray everyday life of a simple working area, the luxury of American guests stands out as a bright spot, which many Russians dreamed, and are dreaming of now. The film combines the familiar and the distant, the familiar and the incomprehensible, in a retelling in the manner of a fairy tale familiar from childhood about a poor girl who was lucky to meet a prince. The eminent director, as in his other works, managed to combine in the frame exactly those faces that the viewer loves and which most accurately convey the character of the characters, their feelings and experiences.
