Cold, frankness and loud parties: how the first series about polyamory was filmed AMORE MORE

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According to the plot, the main character, polyamorous George (played by Andrey Burkovsky) enters into a new relationship, having met a charming blogger Alisa (Yana Gladkikh). Their romance is developing systematically, but Alice is not yet aware that she is not the only one with Andrei. In parallel with this, another young couple – chef Sergey (Yuri Chursin) and accountant Elena (Alexandra Ursulyak) – are on the verge of a divorce. Sergei recently lost his business and is now in a deep depression. All the characters meet at Sergei and Elena’s wedding anniversary and decide to open a joint venture, the AMORE MORE bar. In the abyss of a new undertaking, according to George’s plan, other problems will be resolved.

The main cast of the series is popular Russian theater and film actors of the first magnitude. According to Yana Gladkikh, all of them “100% got into their roles.”

Andrei Burkovsky is a wonderful artist, we have our own “bird” language, we have known each other for a long time and worked together as partners a lot, “Gladkikh notes. According to Yana, she watched performances with the participation of Alexandra Ursulyak back in her student days. “We play the play “Field” together at the Praktika Theater, I didn’t need auditions, I immediately understood that this role was for her,” recalls Gladkikh.

The director recalls his work with Yuri Chursin with particular warmth (he is one of Yana’s main partners in the frame):

We worked in the same theater, but never crossed paths, and we knew each other only in a cap. From the very first meeting it became clear that we speak the same language. He helped me as a partner when I was filming, came up with something, gave me his energy.

Initially, Yana did not plan to act in the series, so there were unforeseen circumstances.

I was forced to “pick up” the story of the role of Alice, we did not agree on one of the actresses, and the project should have already been launched, – the director noted.

The filming period, by the way, did not take so much time – they managed for August and September. Filming took place in Moscow and the Moscow region, distant expeditions were avoided. The director and performer of one of the main roles had to get out along the way.

There is even a photo where I swim in the pool, they give me headphones and, without getting out of the pool, I watch the playback, draw something on the storyboard and swim back into the frame.

The Amore More Bar was filmed indoors on Red October. According to the memoirs of the director, Moscow party-goers constantly strove to get there.

We played music, there were shifts. People were constantly coming in, because we were filming either on Friday or Saturday – the most party time. Tipsy people tried to join us, thinking that we really had a party in full swing, – says Yana and adds that “we had to interrupt the take and explain that this is not a real bar, but the shooting of the series.”

There are few technically complex episodes in the series. In one of the scenes, Burkovsky’s hero falls off his bike, it was necessary to organize an “accident”. Among the main difficulties, the director mentions weather conditions.

We played in the hot summer, when it was in fact autumn outside. In September, we filmed episodes when the characters swim in the pool. In those days it was +7, the most difficult thing was not to chatter your teeth. And in the frame at the same time the characters have fun, smile and laugh.

One of the explicit episodes was filmed at Red October in early October.

A classic of filmmaking – in the frame we burn with passion, but in fact it’s cold like a dog and you think how not to knock your teeth during a kiss. Andrey was in a turtleneck, trousers and a jacket, and I was in sandals and a short dress, ”Yana clarified.