Family relationships, career growth and internal conflicts: what is the Russian series "Onlife" about

The first episodes of the series "Onlife" - a kind of continuation of "Instalife" - have been released in the Premier online cinema.

The project, written by Andrey Ivashkin (“Operation Muhabbat”), was directed by Evgenia Yatskina (“This is not forever”).

The central roles were played by Lukerya Ilyushenko (“Sergius against evil spirits”), Alexandra Vlasova (“Union of Salvation. Time of Anger”), Irina Nosova (“Close Gestalt”), Anna Kotova-Deryabina (“Killer”), Yulia Serina (“End of the World ”) and Konstantin Kryukov (“Without Rules”).

If in the first show the girls competed with each other in social networks and flaunted what was not really there, then in the series "Onlife" they gradually realize the importance of self-knowledge.

Explosive and immature Olya (Lukerya Ilyashenko) cannot stop her emotional swing and decides to become a mother out of boredom, and her friend Dasha (Alexandra Vlasova) tries to dissuade her from such an unreasonable act.

Alena (Irina Nosova) works in the field of cinema and, as a rule, does not have the opportunity to spend time with her family.

She is devastated by this state of affairs, but when she receives an offer to work with a prominent model, she decides to take the chance.

While Ira (Anna Kotova-Deryabina) is trying to find her ideal man, Veronika (Yulia Serina) receives an offer from a young man to move in with him.

The girl promises to think, but not at all because of great love, but because there are no other candidates on the horizon.

She also does not leave attempts to lose weight, because a living example of a healthy lifestyle adherent in the face of her mother (Alika Smekhova) always looms before her.

At the same time, social networks are full of all sorts of offers from both experienced psychologists and outright charlatans who promise their audience "self-acceptance", help them "become the best version of themselves", go the way "from a terrible mother to a good mother" - in a word, they offer services for any request and wallet. 

Thoughts of change, dissatisfaction with life, marital status or oneself, as well as professional ambitions, lead girls to the course of psychologist Andrey Golubev (Konstantin Kryukov), who sells the “Happiness is You” marathon for fabulous money.

Dasha, being a professional psychologist, is sure that Golubev is none other than an information gypsy promising a non-existent magic pill.

However, in order not to be biased, the girl decides to take part in this, in her opinion, psychological deception.

The first task of the participants is not to talk to anyone and try to hear other people.

Despite the seemingly simple requirement, from the first day the marathon changes the lives of the heroines.

And if for some, unusual tactics turn out to be a boon, for others - pain and disappointment: someone is fired from work, and someone is on the verge of a divorce.

Each heroine tries to solve problems in accordance with her experience and knowledge, as well as a moral code.

Despite the fact that at some moments the behavior of the characters may respond to the audience, they generally do not cause sympathy, with the exception of, perhaps, the most reasonable Dasha. 

At the same time, the authors of the series themselves refrain from evaluating their characters and do not condemn them even on behalf of other characters, leaving this task to the audience.

Thus, the viewer seems to turn out to be a psychologist himself, and the heroines of the tape are his clients, whose psychological immaturity and need for internal support is easily read from their every act.

The characters of the characters are somewhat exaggerated, but the problems they face and some of the features of the girls are quite convincing and recognizable in others.

This also applies to secondary characters.

However, sometimes the reasons for certain actions of the heroines defy any explanation.

If there are some rough edges in the story itself, then from the point of view of directing, the project is very high quality - at least the first series.

They have good dynamics that do not get bored, and interesting visual solutions.

A lot of attention is paid to the scenery - they not only look convincing, but also reveal the psychological state of the characters.

The ensemble cast is well chosen.

All the artists, without exception, managed to make their characters bright and charismatic, and even the most annoying are endowed with their own special zest.

The series "Onlife" in many ways reflects the everyday life of some modern women who drive themselves into the box, sometimes forgetting to just enjoy life.

The reason for this is social networks that do not allow to relax: girls secretly fight for the title of the best mother, wife or worker, posting another photo, or sign up for some kind of marathon in the hope of finding the simplest solution to a very deep problem.

A light but relevant series will help you look at yourself from the outside, pause and learn to be grateful for your life.