The Bird Of Fortune

  • Genre: melodrama
  • Type: TV movie
  • Year: 2006
  • Status: completed
  • Production: FILM.UA Group, SHPIL
  • Running time: 90 min.

Vladimir Khalaimov joins a small company’s «friendly» female staff as a deputy director. The appearance of a handsome lady-killer causes a real turmoil in a female collective. Vladimir himself falls for a girl named Sasha Arbenina, who he by chance met in the street shortly before his new appointment. Her new acquaintance being her new boss, Sasha understands that dating him won’t do any good. But Sasha’s resistance only triggers his passion as he is the guy not used to defeats on the battle field of love. In the meantime, it turns out that Khalaimov was a high school sweet heart of Mariana, the head of the department where Sasha works. The old passion sparks in her heart and she starts pressing Khalaimov to return her feelings. Mariana’s sole obstacle on the way to Vladimir’s heart is her subordinate Sasha. Mariana understands that even if she seduces Khalaimov, his heart still belongs to Sasha. The relationships between Vladimir, Sasha and Mariana can be tagged a classical love triangle, but in reality things are much more complex as Vladimir has a wife and Mariana has a husband…

Director: Tatyana Kanayeva
Producer: Victor Mirsky, Maxim Ukhanov
Director of photography: Yuriy Aipov
Scriptwriter: Yelena Boyarskaya