Servant of the People 2

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This article is about the Ukrainian film. For the Ukrainian TV series, see Servant of the People (TV series). For the political party of the same name, see Servant of the People. For other uses, see Servant of the People (disambiguation).
Servant of the People 2
File:Servant of the People 2 movie poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAleksey Kiryushchenko
Based onServant of the People
by Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Produced by
  • Aleksey Kiryushchenko
  • Boris Shefir
  • Sergey Shefir
  • Andrey Yakovlev
  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Starring
  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  • Evgeniy Koshevoy
  • Stanislav Boklan
  • Anastasia Chepelyuk
Cinematography
Music byAndrey Kirushenko
Production
company
Distributed byUFD
Release date
  • December 23, 2016 (2016-12-23) (Ukraine)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUkraine
Languages
Box office₴23.7 million ($0.88 million USD) (Ukraine)

Servant of the People 2 (Ukrainian: Слуга народу 2, Sluha narodu 2, Russian: Слуга народа 2, Sluga naroda 2) is a 2016 Ukrainian political comedy film based on Volodymyr Zelenskyy's television series Servant of the People, produced and distributed by Kvartal 95 Studio, which also produced the show. The film was directed by Aleksey Kiryushchenko and stars Zelenskyy, who also served as a producer of the film, alongside Anastasia Chepelyuk and returning cast members Evgeniy Koshevoy and Stanislav Boklan. Released between the first and second seasons of Servant of the People, the film follows the efforts of President Vasily Goloborodko (Zelenskyy) to overcome a group of adversarial oligarchs and pass political reforms in order to make Ukraine eligible for IMF financial aid.

Zelenskyy's role in both the TV series and the film is credited with helping him win the vote in the 2019 Ukrainian election.

Plot

The film centers on Vasily Petrovich Goloborodko (played by Volodymyr Zelenskyy), a high school teacher whose rant about corruption in Ukraine went viral and catapulted him into the position of President of Ukraine during the first season of the TV show. Taking place after the events of the first season, the movie follows Goloborodko's attempt to combat inflation in his country, in part by obtaining financial aid for Ukraine from the IMF. The aid comes with the condition that certain reforms must be made, but Goloborodko's efforts to enact the reforms are stymied by a group of oligarchs who use their influence on the Verkhovna Rada to interfere with his plans. Goloborodko teams up with former Prime Minister Yuri Ivanovich Chuiko, whom the president had previously helped jail, to combat the oligarchs.[1][2]

Production

Servant of the People 2 was developed by the film studio Kvartal 95.

Filming began August 13, 2016 and was expected to last two and a half months, with 75 days slated for filming. Filming took place in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, Odesa and Lviv.

The first day of filming took place at the Central Railway Station in Kyiv. A platform and passenger train were leased for the set. Ukrainian journalists were present at the event, and were invited not only to interview the cast and crew, but also to participate in the filming, playing themselves as the Ukrainian media who were there to interview Zelenskyy's character President Goloborodko.[3]

Both filming of the movie and filming of the show's second season were set to occur in the same period of time from between October 3 to 6 in Lviv. While at the announcement of the filming location there had been some threats of protest by activists who had previously accused the show of being Ukrainophobic due to the show's use of the Russian language, as well as both the film studio's and Zelenskyy's involvement in a parody of the Ukrainian government, ultimately there was no interference with the production.[4][5]

Release

Servant of the People 2 had its premiere in Kyiv on December 19, 2016,[6] and then released widely in Ukraine on December 23, 2016.[7] The film was released in Belarus on April 27, 2017,[8] and was later screened at the Montreal World Film Festival on August 25, 2017.[9][1]

The television premiere of the film in Ukraine was scheduled to coincide with the Independence Day of Ukraine, on August 24, 2017.[10]

Box office

In Ukraine, Servant of the People 2 grossed ₴11.3 million ($420,000 USD) on its opening weekend,[11] and has grossed ₴23.7 million ($0.88 million USD) overall by the end of 2017.[12]

Accolades

Awards and Nominations
Award Date of ceremony Category Nominee Result Ref
Golden Dzyga (Ukrainian Film Academy Awards)
April 20, 2017
 Best Movie Servant of the People 2 Nominated [13][14][15][16]
Best Actor Volodymyr Zelenskyy Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Evgeniy Koshevoy Nominated
Chongqing Pioneer Art Film Festival
November, 2019
 Best Foreign Film Servant of the People 2 Won [17][18]

References

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  4. ^ Перехрест, Ольга (2016-10-02). "Продовження телесеріалу "Слуга народу" зніматимуть у Львові". Zaxid.net. Archived from the original on 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  5. ^ "Зйомки "Слуги народу-2" у Львові: активісти дали зелене світло". portal.lviv.ua (in Ukrainian). 2016-10-03. Archived from the original on 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  6. ^ Петренко, Галина (2016-12-20). "Жарти жартами: "Квартал 95" випустив у прокат "Слугу народу 2"". detector.media (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
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  8. ^ "Фільм "Слуга народу 2" вийшов у білоруський прокат". detector.media (in Ukrainian). 2017-04-28. Archived from the original on 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  9. ^ "FFM2017 Screenings at the Cinema du Parc". 2017-08-23. Archived from the original on 2017-08-28.
  10. ^ "Kvartal 95 film ' Servant of the People 2' was included in the main program of Montreal World Film Festival". kvartal95.com. Kvartal 95. 2017-08-22. Archived from the original on 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
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  12. ^ "Ukrainian Box Office Weekends For 2017". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2022-03-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ "Discover Ukraine Through Film – Modern Ukraine". en.hromadske.ua. Hromadske International. 2020-05-16. Archived from the original on 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  14. ^ "Сформовано shortlist номінантів на Першу Національну Кінопремію". uafilmacademy.org. Українська кіноакадемія (Ukrainian Film Academy). Archived from the original on 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  15. ^ "Українська кіноакадемія оголосила номінантів на премію "Золота дзиґа"". detector.media (in Ukrainian). 2017-04-03. Archived from the original on 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  16. ^ Апостолова, Лілія (2017-04-20). "Оголошено переможців української кінопремії "Золота дзиґа"". detector.media (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  17. ^ "Фільм "Слуга народу 2" визнали кращим іноземним фільмом у Китаї". kvartal95.com. 2019-11-29. Archived from the original on 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  18. ^ "Embassy of Ukraine in the People's Republic of China - Days of Ukrainian Modern Movies in Chongqing". china.mfa.gov.ua. Embassy of Ukraine in the People's Republic of China. 2019-11-24. Archived from the original on 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-03-17.

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