On the first channel ended the show of the multi-sized melodrama with elements of the comedy "Old women in the runs", where the magnificent Elena Safonova starred in one of the main roles. I decided to find out if the actresses are not hints for age, but at the same time recall her the brightest roles and facts of biography.
The world becomes younger. And the phrase of the main heroine of the film "Moscow does not believe in tears" that "in forty years, life just begins," you can safely reincarnate. Today, many women begin a new life and fifty, and sixty years. Such, for example, heroine Elena Safonova in just the last series "Old women in the run". "It's never too late to change your life," says the actress itself, assessing a new job.
But in the series she came later than others, already when the shooting was in full swing. Safonov for the sake of "old women" aroused up from Italy and urgently redested the script under it. But the result was satisfied with everything - both the director, and the actors themselves, and, of course, the audience.
"Winter cherry" on the screen and in life
The actress played his most star role in the film "Winter Cherry"
Photo: Frame from the movie
Elena Safonova woke up by the famous after showing the painting "Winter Cherry", which the audience called the hymns of lonely women. In popularity and folkly adoration, the film could compare except with such religious ribbons as "the irony of fate, or with a light steam!" And "Moscow does not believe in tears."
In the year of access to the screens "Winter Cherry", more than 60 million spectators were watched in twenty countries. Then, it seems, all women watched and tearfully worried about difficult turns in the life of the main heroine of the film. A surprising way later actress partly repeated the fate of his "winter cherry". After all, her eldest son Ivan was born just from a married man. In America, Helena had a novel with an American businessman of Armenian blood. He then returned to his wife and for many years did not even suspect that he grows an excandable child. Elena gave his son his last name and raised him, carefully hiding the name of the Father.
In 1992, at the set of the painting "Accompanic", held in France, the actress met the gallant French Handsome of Swiss origin - actor Samuel Labard. He worked very beautifully for the actress, provided signs of attention, explicitly giving it to understand that Helen he was not indifferent to him. By the way, only after some time he admitted that she actually fell in love with her much earlier and in absentia - after watching the film "Black", where Elena Safonova's partner was the famous Marchello Mastroanni.
Anyway, lovely courtship grew into a stormy novel, which ended with official marriage. Elena then, together with his son Ivan moved to France, and soon the spouses were born a joint son Alexander.
But the profession of Safonov tried not to leave abroad. Because he knew French well, tried to play the theater, filming in movies. Theatrical critics highly appreciated the work of the actress in the formulation of "what we are waiting for, and what is happening." Safonova also played on the stage of the Parisian "Theater 13" Marina Tsvetaeva. From the filmmaker of the French period, you can note the films "Woman in the Wind", "Wind from the East" and "Mademoiselle O".
Gradually began to appear offers from Russia. Safonova became increasingly leaving for the shooting that her husband liked less and less. At some point, he invited her to make a choice: to act in Russia or live with his family in France. Elena chose the first option.
With actor Samuel Labard, who later became her husband, Elena Safonova met on the set of the film "Accompanic"
Photo: Archive MK
So ended its French fairy tale long in five years. Safonova returned to native fenats. True, only with Vanya, without a small four-year-old son Sasha. The younger son, when divorced, remained with his father in France: the legislation of this state prohibits the export of children from the country to their majority. Yes, and the former spouse did not burn with the desire to give son. Elena was suused with him for about three years, but all to no avail.
Today, Alexander Labart with great pleasure communicates with Mom. He, like Elena, chose a creative profession. Removed in the cinema, trying to shoot something myself. His name, by the way, is aimed at the Titres of the film "Winter Cherry-4". To meet the son more often, Elena even bought an apartment near Paris. There she lives when comes to meetings with Alexander.
The eldest son Ivan also went to the footsteps of the creative dynasty of Safonov. He works at Mosfilm. "Both of her son is incredible handsome and very talented guys. Elena adores them, "says a close friend actresses.
Elena herself, despite the age (which she does not hide anything), works a lot and fruitful. In total, more than 100 works in its film turning. Of the recent - "lived, we were", "Portrait of your beloved", "broken hearts" and "Woman with lilies". So it can be said that the age at which many actresses are neutralized for ... to cable, personally for the Safonna not at all. On the contrary, we can say that the second youth has recently come as if it has come.
Today, its lyrical and finely felt heroines replaced with eccentric specialists with a strong character. According to Elena, it is no longer afraid to look ridiculous, elderly and even ridiculous. But the main thing is absolutely free. "After the children rose, you become a free person and you can afford to live as you want," says the actress.