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Young people and girls are attracted by glamor, glitz, chic and a beautiful life, but most of them can only dream about all this.
Surprisingly, with age, this desire comes to naught (not everyone). People begin to understand that they will never reach such heights, and it is unlikely that they will be able to live beautifully. They realize that they will have to work all their lives, pay loans and mortgages, buy clothes in mass markets and save on groceries.
That’s only if the interest in a beautiful life has not faded away, you can fully enjoy it in the company of movie heroes, because this topic is not deprived of the attention of filmmakers.
Russian directors are also happy to make films about glamor and a beautiful life, and the audience watches them with interest.
Below are 10 Russian films about the glamorous life. After watching them, you will be able to understand whether it is so good, and whether it is worth in the dream about glamor at all.
10 Buy me | 2017
The plot is based on the story of three young girls. Lisa, Galya and Katya dream of finding their “place in the sun”. Their methods are uncomplicated: a good figure, revealing clothes, a willingness to surrender to the first oligarch that comes across.
But the story is not as simple as it seems. If Liza and Galya really dream of a beautiful life, foreign cars and diamonds, then Katya, a wealthy Muscovite, finds herself “in the same harness” with them due to her own stupidity. She wants to get unforgettable emotions.
This film is not about prostitutes, but about little girls who are trying to find themselves in this world, even at such a cost.
9. The Baker and the Beauty (TV series) | 2018
If you want not only to watch a movie about a glamorous life, but also to laugh a little, stop your choice on the TV series “The Baker and the Beauty”. Its premiere took place in the winter of 2018, it is based on the Israeli TV series She is with me.
Andrey is an ordinary baker. On the anniversary of the relationship, he invites his beloved to a restaurant. There he meets a famous top model.
The young man evokes sympathy from Sasha Larina, and she decides to show him a beautiful life. Now they are waiting for parties, hangouts and London.
But Andrey’s offended girlfriend just won’t leave it like that. And Sasha’s ex-boyfriend appears on the horizon, who is ready for anything to get her back.
8. Kept women (TV series) | 2019
In the film, the fates of different women are surprisingly intertwined. Dasha Smirnova, an artist from Saratov, comes to Moscow for a better life.
Marina’s friend invites Dasha to plunge into the world of glamor and money. She is a kept woman, the main matchmaker of the capital, Alice, helped her to get settled in life.
Investigator Lena is far from this world, but soon she will have the opportunity to get to know a beautiful life better.
The body of a girl is found in the restroom of an expensive restaurant. Lena has to solve this case and find the killer. In the process of investigation, she will face the unsightly secrets of the inhabitants of high society.
7. Silver lily of the valley | 2000
Zoya Misochkina dreams of getting a job as a singer in a restaurant, but for this she needs to go to Moscow and learn to sing. Her father, a police sergeant, is against it; he has already taken his daughter off the train several times and returned to her native Lokotki.
Fate had mercy on the girl and brought her together with two Moscow producers, whose services had just been refused by the eminent star Irma.
Leva and Stas, having heard how Zoya sings, take up her promotion. The girl becomes a famous singer, but not everything is as good as it seems.
Zoya falls in love with Leva and hopes to build a serious relationship with him. The son of Stas, who arrived from London, falls in love with Zoya …
The final scene of the film – Misochkina sings in a restaurant in Lokotki. She managed to fulfill her dream, but did she become happy?
6. Star 2014
Young actress Masha dreams of becoming a real star. True, her life can not be called beautiful. She unsuccessfully goes to auditions, takes care of a lonely elderly man, and saves the money received for plastic surgery.
Socialite Rita, the deputy minister’s mistress, is accustomed to luxury and wealth, but her position is under threat. After all, the deputy minister has a son, Kostya, who constantly quarrels with both Rita and his father. The young man falls in love with Masha. Another quarrel in the house of the Deputy Minister ends with Rita being kicked out.
By chance, she meets Masha. Kostya, Rita and Masha are very different, but it is very interesting to watch this trinity.
5. Sweet Life (TV series) 2014-2016
Drama series, three seasons, 21 episodes. The series received rather mixed reviews.
The plot is based on the lives of six successful Muscovites. The main character Sasha lives in Perm and is raising her daughter alone. The girl works as a dancer in a club, but an unpleasant incident crosses out all her plans.
Sasha leaves for Moscow, leaving the child to her grandmother. In the capital, she has a friend Lera, once upon a time they danced together in the corps de ballet of the Bolshoi Theater.
As soon as Sasha arrives in the capital, the life of the main characters of the series changes 180 degrees.
4. Gloss | 2007
This film is called “a bitter comedy about the sweet life.” The main character Galya comes to the capital, she wants to become a supermodel.
Her blue dream is to shoot for Beauty magazine. The editor of the magazine has his own opinion on this matter. The girl is told that she has absolutely no data. Galya gets a job as a seamstress for a famous fashion designer, but fate again prepares a surprise for her. After Galya replaces one of the models, she is fired.
The girl manages to get a job as an assistant in an agency that selects brides for very rich people. She herself also becomes an “elite bride”.
3. Plato | 2008
Plato – “the seller of happiness.” This man finds beautiful girls and sells them to rich people. Plato is satisfied with this state of affairs, he receives good money for his work.
One day he meets the saleswoman Lyuba. A relationship develops between them, but one of Platon’s clients, Abdul, asks him to arrange a date with this girl. After much deliberation, Plato offers Lyuba to earn some money, the girl agrees.
On a date with Abdul, Lyuba asks him for a favor, she wants Plato to be killed. Abdullah agrees to fulfill the beauty’s request…
2. Duhless | 2011
Psychological drama based on the novel of the same name by Sergei Minaev.
Max works as a leading top manager in a large international bank. He has elite housing, an expensive car, a cheerful and vibrant life. Max earns money, which he spends on the trappings of a beautiful life.
Gorgeous women, cocaine, hangouts, parties. Once Max is visited by the thought that he is doing something wrong. Yes, one can envy his life, but is this the ultimate dream? Max begins to re-evaluate himself and take a different attitude towards his life.
1. Popsa | 2005
Slavka is 18 years old, she dreams of becoming a famous singer and comes to Moscow from a small provincial town. A well-known producer visited it, she left a business card for the girl.
But Larisa Ivanovna did not at all expect the appearance of Slavka on the threshold of her apartment. Still, the woman could not drive the “young talent” out into the street.
She went to work and took Slavka with her. During conversations, Larisa Ivanovna understands that the girl has not only a pretty face and a pleasant voice, but also a strong character.
She agrees to take on the promotion of Slavka, but only in a year, and now she has to leave for her hometown. The girl spends her last night in Moscow with her idol Vlad Boitsov …