The premiere of the mini-series "General's daughter-in-law" took place on April 6, 2013. The production director was the master of melodramatic projects Anatoly Mateshko, who already has several dozen acting and directing works in his professional portfolio. According to many viewers, this television picture can be confidently classified as successful, and the plot is considered so relevant that it simply requires continuation.
The melodramatic Russian mini-series "General's daughter-in-law", despite the fact that it cannot boast of a serious budget or an original plot, can still be attributed to the rather successful projects of recent years directed by Anatoly Mateshko. In addition, the main characters look very harmonious in it, which speaks volumes about the high level of skill of the involved actors.
This television picture once again showed that at present, a story aimed at an audience of middle-aged women and romantics can earn very high ratings. After all, the image of the "poor girl" from the provinces always arouses heightened interest when viewed in the context of life's troubles associated with social and economic injustice.
The plot of the series "General's daughter-in-law"
A young, capable and cheerful girl Irina Kolchina (the main character) is considered in her circle a person to whom fate has shown the greatest favor. Indeed, after graduating from a medical school, she gets a happy chance to work in a private clinic, which is headed by the capital's luminary - Professor Fedorov. The fact that a leading medical specialist noted a capable girl without attracting additional resources in the form of the patronage of famous relatives causes genuine envy among her peers. Irina herself does not pay any attention to this and is very happy with her first successes in her chosen profession.
In addition, fate gives Kolchina an excellent opportunity to find happiness in his personal life. After all, she is friends with a wonderful guy and an enviable groom from a respected Moscow family. The girl is deeply in love with Pavel Mishin, and he fully reciprocates her. A promising young man is the son of a great military official, which guarantees potential spouses appropriate career opportunities and prosperity. Now Irina thinks that their future will be cloudless and rosy, since at first glance nothing portends any problems.
A couple in love decides to get married, they rejoice in their happiness. In addition, the bride learns that she is pregnant. However, the current idyll is violated by the desire of the mother of the heir to the Mishin dynasty, who dreams of tying the fate of her precious child with the daughter of a housekeeper. After the oppressive general's wife realizes that her plan for her son will never come true, she shifts all her anger to the daughter-in-law, who has reappeared in her life.
Izolda Genrikhovna (the general's wife) from the very first minutes of communication with her daughter-in-law makes it very clear to her that she is in a “special” environment where one must behave “appropriately”. The general's wife has unlimited power in the family, and everyone obeys her unquestioningly. There are procedures that are designed exclusively for the comfortable stay of the general herself. She makes it clear to Irina with all her appearance that “her excellency” has descended to the level of a daughter-in-law on the conditions that she will be immensely grateful to her patroness for the rest of her life.
However, the struggle of two strong and strong-willed women excludes the gospel "beating of babies." And that is why Irina is not at all going to surrender limply to the mercy of the despotic mother-in-law, who fancies herself an intelligent and aristocratic woman. She saves lives every day, working as a surgeon and being a rather valuable specialist in her team. And the young woman reacts calmly enough to all the aggressive attacks of Isolde Genrikhovna, knowing full well that such behavior humiliates, first of all, the general herself.
Irina's spiritual strength is visible in everything. She is engaged in a rather serious matter at work, where very dramatic and energy-intensive events take place every day. And despite this, the girl at home behaves quite calmly and confidently, in no way reacting to the obvious attacks of her husband's mother.
At first glance, it may seem that Irina allows her to push her around the house in every possible way, which has a very serious effect on her professional ambitions. After all, the habit of obeying someone else's will in the most direct way diminishes the creative potential that is so necessary at work. The matter is aggravated by the fact that the once dearly beloved husband always supports his mother and completely removes himself from the just resolution of domestic conflicts.
The audience is faced with only one question: "How strong will Irina have to continue to endure the despotism of the general's wife and the colorless image of her husband?" After all, the current situation completely excludes the concept of "happy family life", which was perceived by her quite recently as an objective reality. Now the development of the further plot depends only on the decision of the main character of this mini-series.
Actors and roles
The cast in the mini-series "The General's Daughter-in-Law" cannot in the full sense be called breathtaking and stellar, but the main characters were represented by rather popular representatives of the creative profession. The beautiful and deep transformation into the heroes of the picture allows us to think that there are many similar destinies in our country. And the relationship between the daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law can generally be considered classic, as all literary and cinematographic genres have narrated with special enthusiasm at all times. Anatoly Mateshko very accurately reflected in his directorial work all the subtleties of everyday "truth of life" with the participation of representatives of the "female diaspora".
It is interesting that the director for the filming of the mini-series "General's daughter-in-law" invited quite diverse actors, who in their totality appeared before the audience in a rather "motley" cast. The most recognizable actors who starred in this film are Natalia Antonova, Igor Botvin and Ekaterina Kisten. And among the novice actors, Solomiya Gega should be noted first of all.
Natalia Antonova and Igor Botvin appeared on the screens as a young married couple, and Larisa Kadochnikova appeared as a general. Despite the transformation of the actors into rather complex characters, which is undoubted confirmation of the high level of professional skill, the television project "General's daughter-in-law" has collected a large number of both positive and negative reviews.
Testimonials
This melodrama was first of all presented to the audience on Channel One in early April 2013. The original title aroused quite high interest. And, given the recognition of the actors playing the roles of the main characters, the picture was doomed to success.
In addition, the mini-series "The General's Daughter-in-law" in its ending intrigues the audience with the fact that it has the opportunity to independently reflect on the further fate of the main characters. Such a director's trick is not new for the national cinema, but it always creates a special intrigue, which undoubtedly increases the level of the audience's sympathy for oneself. Currently, many fans of the work of their favorite artists and director are waiting for the continuation of this story. However, there is no official information on this matter in the public domain.
The painting "General's daughter-in-law" has collected a very decent level of views and high ratings.
However, as always happens with sensational paintings, opinions were divided into two camps. To the credit of the creators and participants of this project, it should be noted that there are much more people wishing to see the next season of the mini-series than critical viewers.
