In 2010, the sensational series by Valeria Gai Germanika "School" was released, which immediately caused a lot of controversy: someone considered the series "chernukha", and someone - a breakthrough.
About the series
School is a Russian television series directed by Valeria Gai Germanika. The film was shown for the first time on Channel One in 2010. Consists of 69 episodes in which school life is shown in a sharp, highly debatable, sharply negative way.
The plot of the series
The series was filmed in the fashionable format today - “amateur” video filming. A person sees what is happening through an ordinary amateur video camera.
The plot tells about the class of an ordinary Moscow school. They are trying to make the class exemplary, but Ilya started, and after him other students perceive the situation with hostility. The series shows all the pressing problems of senior school age: parental indifference, uninteresting studies, bad habits, unrequited love, the need for sexual relations.
Series discussions
After the release of the series, many cultural figures went to war against him, motivating their position by the fact that "all this is a lie" and "in our time this was not." The younger generation perceived the creation of Valeria Gai Germanica partly positively, since she in many ways opened the eyes of society to the problems that accumulate in an ordinary school class.
According to the author of the telenovela, parents and teachers in most cases simply turn a blind eye to what is happening with yesterday's children, believing that everything is fine. At the same time, students are well aware that the school does not teach them anything they need. There are not so few schoolchildren who, at best, come home sober 2-3 times a week. Few people talk about teenage sex and what happens to a schoolgirl in the event of an unwanted pregnancy. Conservatively closing its eyes to all this, society does not solve school problems, but only accumulates aggression, which will surely find a way out elsewhere.
Fair criticism
Many critics have noticed that, despite its relevance, the series "School" presents events in a rather one-sided way. In it, aggression, indifference of teachers, depravity of schoolchildren are shown in an overly exaggerated way. Any medal has two sides, and the director decided not to focus much on the positive aspects of the modern school. Craving for knowledge, mutual assistance, friendship, if shown, then in passing, the main plan leaves them.
Outcome
As a result, the series came out provocative, but fair enough. The authors did not hush up unpleasant details. The shooting method should be noted separately. The picture does not use any professional equipment, only a hand-held camera. This can be annoying at first, but ultimately it helps you get a better feel for the atmosphere in the movie.
