Popular Russian TV series: "Stop on Demand"

The film "Stop on Demand" was released on2000 year. The director was Janik Faiziev, who graduated from the VGIK in 1991. He participated in the creation of such projects as "Kinopanorama", "Interception", "The other day", "Ten songs about Moscow" and "The Lord of Taste." The series was shot at the studio "TRITE". Genre - melodrama. The story was so popular with viewers that in 2001 the continuation "Stop on Demand-2" was withdrawn. Around the same time, the publication Kommersant Vlast commented on the series as follows: "His plot is the brightest example of a service novel in the tradition of Russian cinema." The film was filmed in part in a small town near Moscow, Zarechye.

Plot

In the first season, the viewer follows the twists and turnsthe life of ordinary inhabitant Smirnov. He is a typical "average person" (even his surname indicates this): work, home, sweet but simple wife Natasha. On a rainy day, the couple quarrel over some trifling matter, and Smirnov decides to visit his mother - good, he has not done it for a long time. So, the province, drizzling rain, melancholy, the outskirts of the city; stop on demand (that is, the place where the bus driver stops only if he is asked to do so).

The hero patiently waits for passing traffic, nottoo hoping for luck. And it's no wonder - in such a wretched place you can hang out for hours. However, Smirnov suddenly smiles luck: along the same road in an expensive car, Irina, a beauty, hurries off somewhere. Of course, she is not a couple of quieter Natasha: strong, bold, independent, independent - in general, a real businesswoman. Pondering, Irina drains a Smirnov standing alone by the edge of the road with dirty water from a puddle. It would be logical to assume that the arrogant lady will only grin and go on, but in Ira wakes up conscience. She stops and picks up the man, bathed from head to foot.

So stop on demand drastically changesthe fate of both. Feeling guilty, Irina is taking Smirnov to her home, to a luxurious apartment. There she patiently listens to his incoherent outpourings, then they part - as it turns out soon, for the time being. Soon they meet again, then again and again. Before the eyes of the audience, the true story of Cinderella unfolds, only turned upside down. The action includes the former husband of Irina, who ironically falls in love with Smirnov's wife. "Stop on Demand" - a film about a love quadrangle, which overturns the habitual way of life of the characters.

Second season

The sequel was not less thanfascinating and exciting. Andrei Smirnov breaks up with Irina - her beauty and refinement no longer entice the jaded hero. Having earned a fairly large amount of money, he again converges with Natasha, his ex-wife. What remains for Irina? Just get down to her ex-husband, Klenina. The business lady is forced to save him from an unending series of failures and troubles.

Awards

The series "Stop on Demand" received a lotawards. In particular, Olga Drozdova was awarded the prize for the best female role at the Spokloha 2001 gaming television festival. Anatoly Maksimov and Konstantin Ernst were given TEFI for the best production work.