Law of the Lawless

Law of the Lawless is a russian serie realised by Aleksei Sidorov and release in the Russian TV in 2002. This serie is composed of 15 episodes ( two seasons).

This serie talk in generally about the russian mafia. The story begun in Russia, when a  student (alexandr belov) who are recently back from the army, is involved against his will in a sttlements story. He must to escape far of the city where he live for his security and security of his mother. He is follow by his two chilhood friends. Alexandr became the first suspect of a murder story and he became research by the police of the country. But he is innocent. In the course of history, he must, to survive, to work like a henchman for differents illegal organisation. Later, he create his own organisation, a realy mafia, always with his two chilhood friends.

This serie shows the life of people in Russia, particulary of the

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men is a film directed by Sidney Lumet and release in cinemas in 1957.

This film talk about the legitimacy of the death penalty. In USA at these times, the death penalty were attribuated to a sentenced by an assembly wich was composed of 12 men. These men had to decide the fate of the sentenced. For condemn to death, all the men must to approve the same decision : keep him alive or kill him. In this film, 11 men are agree to kill the sentenced, but 1 of them are not. During the film, he trys to convince the 11 other men to not kill the sentenced, because he think that he is innocent. To achieve this, he used of diffenrents arguments, proofs and witnesses.

I have very like this film because its talk about the injustices in the american society. The message of this story is to never give up and to never change our beliefe. This film is considerated like a classic of the american cinema.

Chernobyl

Chernobyl is an HBO limited serie which was a real success after its release in 2019.

The story takes place in Chernobyl in Ukraine, starring Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgard and Emily Watson, it traces the events of one of the most dramatic disasters in history : the explosion, in 1986, of a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union.

The series received a lot of Golden Globes and Emmy nominations for Best Music, Best Actors and Actress, Best Directing and Best Mini Series .  Despite its success and reputation for reconstructing the Chernobyl disaster, some moments of the show are modified and don’t correspond to the reality of the true events. Changes in certain facts sparked discontent and controversy, with Russia accusing the series of exaggerating the responsability of the Soviet authorities in the disaster.  Some journalists even said that the series is made only to criticize and devalue the Soviet Union.

 The series focuses on three characters who helped not only prevent further disasters but also understand how such a catastrophe could have happened.  Valeri Legassov, a scientist specialized in reactors, Boris Schcherbina and Ulana Khomyuk (who is fictional character cretaed to represent the group of researchers who helped Legassov in order to simplify the series) arguably played the most important role in this case. Thanks to them we  now know that the accident which struck Chernobyl was not a coincidence but a mistake due to the incompetence of the nuclear power plant chiefs.  Moreover, the last episode mainly focuses on the trial of the three men who were responsible for the disaster : the two plant chiefs and the chief engineer.

 During the five episodes, Chernobyl traces the events of what happened before and after the explosion as well as government pressure to hide the case from the rest of the world.

 It’s a dark and moving series that really wants to show the harsh reality.  Its authenticity and its connection to history allows us to truly immerse ourselves in one of the greatest catastrophes of the twentieth century.

 I was very surprised to love this series so much and to have followed it to the end because the scientific field is not something I am particularly interested in. But I eventually ended up being really captivated by the show which I think, will leave anyone speechless after every single scene.

 

A star is born (2018)

A star is born is a Romance movie released in 2018 . This is the third remake of a classic film, it is producted and directed by a big Hollywood star  Bradley Cooper. He also stars in the  film with one of the biggest singer of the decade, Lady Gaga. 

The movie is about Jackson Maine, played by Bradley Cooper, a famous country music singer in the USA who deals with a lot of problems with drugs and alcohol. After one of his concerts he meets Ally, played by Lady Gaga, A small cabaret singer who dreams of becoming a more famous singer. Her performance of « La vie en Rose » lets him speechless and he eventually fall in love with her .A long love story between the two begins after he invited her to sing alongside him at one of his concerts. Jackson introduces the young promising singer to the musical industry, then Ally meets with sucess the public and records labels and soon enters the big leagues. Quickly overshadowed by the success of the young woman, Jackson lives more and more badly this situation between incomprehension and jealousy the love story will turn in drama.  

This remake has know a lot of success all over the world with more than 40 nominations in a lot of categories, in this film, the music holds a very special place in the script, it makes the movie very authentic and touching, Cooper and Gaga won the Oscar for best original song for their performance of the famous song « Shallow ». 

This is an interesting and very touching story. Through a love story, this movie tells us about the backstage of the musical industry and also speaks about issues with addiction and alcoholism. I love that movie, the complicity of the two actors is incredible, the mix between drama, love story and musical is amazing and the end is very heartbreaking. Before this film, I wasn’t particularly attracted to romance but I have to admit that this one carried me all along, and still does when I watch it again.