Film Production News: The Queen's Last Move

Preparations are underway for the filming of the 4-episode detective melodrama "The Queen's Last Move".

Cast: Vera Shpak, Ivan Oganesyan, Larisa Malevannaya

Nastya lives with her elderly grandmother, runs a small construction company and dreams more than anything else of adopting an orphan named Dania, to whom she has become very attached. But it turns out that another family is laying claim to Dania: journalist Vishnyakov and his TV presenter wife, both successful wealthy people. It is not surprising that Dania would rather be given to them than to the lonely and unsuccessful Nastya in business. To top it all off, she is constantly receiving calls from some joker who speaks in children's ditties and counting rhymes: "Tili-tili-dough, let's play kingdom!" All this drives the heroine to despair, and suddenly - an unexpected gift of fate! - she is offered a large and expensive order for the construction of the social village "Sokoliki" for low-income families. Perplexed why the famous contractor Zotov chose her seedy company, Nastya happily takes on the job, hoping to improve her financial situation and win back Dania. And in the very first days of work at the construction site, the body of a woman is found, in whom the investigation identifies the wife of businessman Zotov - Nastya's former classmate, Kira. At school, she was the queen and bossed Nastya around like her page, but then they quarreled and did not see each other for many years. Nastya understands that Kira started a game with her before her death and left clues in the hollow of an old tree, like in childhood. Following them, the heroine finds flash drives with school photos from different people, and as soon as she connects the flash drive to the computer, she is attacked. A hunt is declared for Nastya, for some unknown reason. And she has nowhere to expect help from - she has no one except her grandmother. However, a defender will appear, and, surprisingly, it will be the same journalist Vishnyakov, who cannot stand aside when the weak are offended. Helping Nastya escape from pursuit, freeing her from captivity, the journalist will soon understand that this woman needs a family and children much more than his legal wife. Having overcome all obstacles, having learned the shocking truth about the village of "Sokolik" and having defeated all enemies, our heroes will become the best parents for the boy Dani.

Director: Igor Draka
Producer: Echelon Film and Leandra production company commissioned by Telemaster studio
Producers: Rodion Pavlyuchik, Svetlana Snitko
Scriptwriters: Vera Smirnova, Inna Vasilyeva
Duration: 4 episodes of 44 minutes
Genre: detective melodrama
Year of release: 2015