The first trailer for the real-life drama “Volunteer Playlist” has been released. Ivan Yankovsky in the lead role
The protagonist of the series, Shtapich (Yankovsky), started a family early and lost it quickly too, managed to ruin his career and was unemployed at the age of 25. After joining the search and rescue team, he gets the opportunity to realize himself in a new professional environment and people who are truly passionate about their work.
The hero quickly turns into the star of the team, but this result does not bring the desired happiness. He keeps going back and forth between his ex-wife and a girl nicknamed Doll (Mila Ershova), whom Shtapich has strong feelings for. He dreams of getting rid of old problems, addictions and complexes by working in detachment, but gradually realizes that successes alone are not enough for this.
The pilot episode of Volunteer Playlist was screened as part of the game show of the second festival of Russian streaming services Originals +, where it received 4 awards: the main media jury award, a special award from the Russian Association of Casting Directors an original cast selection, original music and original actor ( An award for Ivan Yankovsky).
Maxim Sveshnikov became the director of the project. In addition to Yankovsky and Ershov, Shamil Khamatov, Evgenia Gromova, Artem Fedotov, Dmitry Chebotarev, Daria Rudenok and others starred in the series.
The eight-part Volunteer Playlist is scheduled to premiere in 2023 at the Okko online-only cinema.