Why did the Serebryakov actor renounce Russian citizenship? Alexey Serebryakov for the first time told his reason for adopting children. From "Fan" to "Leviathan"

Alexey Serebryakov told why he moved to Canada, how he now works with his children, what his children learned while living in Toronto, and when he plans to return to Russia.

Over the past five years, Alexey Serebryakov has starred in more than twenty domestic films: in “Leviathan” by Andrei Zvyagintsev, which received the Cannes Film Festival prize for best screenplay; TV series "Method" “Farza”, “Doctor Richter”; the film of the young director “How Vitka Chesnok took Lekha Shtyr to the nursing home”; historical fantasy film "The Legend of Kolovrat". Alexey flies to film sets from Canada, where he moved with his wife Maria and children more than six years ago.

Serebryakov spoke about life abroad in an interview with Yuri Dudu, where in Once again, without mincing words, criticized the Russian mentality. And he received a portion of criticism in response - Internet users reacted negatively to the actor’s harsh statements.

Eminent persons also joined the indignation: Karen Shakhnazarov reproached Alexey that it was ugly and dishonest to scold a country where he earns a lot of money, and Alexander Pankratov-Cherny did not agree with Serebryakov’s words about the rudeness and arrogance of Russians.

Serebryakov’s idea of ​​moving became more acute in the summer of 2010, when people in Moscow were suffering from heat and smog - the actor admitted this publicly and a year later he brought his plan to life. The artist was immediately showered with reproaches and threats: “Come back, we will greet you with dignity.” But the opinion of those around him did not bother the actor - Alexey decided to emigrate for the sake of his family.

« I made my choice consciously. First of all, I want my family to live in peace. So that my children know: you don’t need to push elbows to live. I'm pretty tired of the rudeness and rudeness. All over the world it is normal to live where you feel better.", says the actor.

Serebryakov did not have a choice of country; he and his family moved to Canada, since his wife has citizenship of this country (under this condition, he does not have to pay for medical care for his daughter, sons and wife). For Serebryakov himself, the services remain paid. Recently, the actor was admitted to the hospital - he did not voice the reason, limiting himself to the short “I was saved” - and paid $9,000 for 5 days of treatment.

In Toronto, the family settled in a townhouse. His own home, far from people who could recognize the popular actor in Serebryakov, gave the withdrawn man peace of mind - no one approached him for a joint photo or autograph. In the north, where the Russian diaspora lives, Alexey appears quite rarely. " And even when I visit, she behaves quite delicately. No one, thank God, shows any special attention to me, and no one runs to hug me", the artist shared.

Alexey's sons, Daniil and Stepan, study in a private school, which costs Serebryakov $24,000 a year. Children do not face bullying among classmates, because the chosen educational institution in Toronto - not an ordinary school, “where everyone goes, and everyone doesn’t study together.” Serebryakov also recalled kindly about his daughter’s former school: classroom teacher Daria did not speak Russian, but she communicated with Alexey - she wrote in English and used a computer translator.

According to Serebryakov, his children in Canada have learned to respond with a smile to the smile of passers-by on the street, to respect the rights of other people, have mastered English and are ready to learn more than one language. The father himself was able to devote more time to his family, which he previously lacked time for:
« I take care of children - this is something that I have not particularly succeeded in here. Business, problems, jumped up, ran, solve something, meet someone. There I am deprived of this fuss, I have enough free time, I can finally talk and play with them. How their day at school went, who they are friends with, who they like, who they are in love with - this suddenly became very important to me. Because I realized that otherwise I could lose them».

However, there are problems in the relationship between sons and father - this is due to adolescence. Serebryakov may even shout at the boys - last time the conflict happened because of smoking: Alexey himself suffers from bad habit, but doesn’t want Styopa and Danya to repeat his mistakes.

Serebryakov always talks about the heirs as if they were his own children, but the boys are adopted. Aleksey and Maria adopted Danila, two years old at the time, 13 years ago, and three-year-old Styopa a year later. In a few years, Serebryakov’s sons will enter universities in Canada or other countries, then the actor plans to return to Russia.

« This is not immigration, when people left for good 30-35 years ago. It's just an attempt to live in a different territory. I continue to work in Russia. Wherever I live, I remain a citizen of Russia", says Alexey Serebryakov.

IN last years An interesting pattern began to emerge - the greatest resonance in society is caused not by the new works of domestic artists and directors, but by their, to put it mildly, ambiguous statements on universal themes.

"Neither enterprise nor dignity is a national idea"

The hero of February 2018, of course, can be considered People's Artist of Russia Alexey Serebryakov, who in the interview Yuri Dudu expressed his opinion on the state of affairs in modern Russia and about national characteristics Russians.

“I think that if you drive 30, 50, 70 kilometers from Moscow, you will see many elements of the 90s. One way or another, until now neither knowledge, nor intelligence, nor enterprise, nor dignity are a prerogative, a national idea. The national idea is strength, arrogance and rudeness.” When asked by a journalist when the artist himself encountered this for the last time, Serebryakov said: “Yes, as a matter of fact, today. I gave a bribe to a traffic cop.” To the slightly stunned reporter, the actor explained: “I violated a little... I didn’t want to waste time, but he wanted this bribe so much... And I thought: “Maybe he has three children, the devil knows.”

Alexey Serebryakov's revelations could not go unnoticed. The reaction to them was appropriate.

“I have nothing but sympathy for Alyosha”

Director Vladimir Bortko in an interview with RT noted: “I filmed him in two films, both were extremely patriotic. He didn't say anything like that then. I don’t know what happened to him now. The national idea of ​​Russia is to love your homeland. And this idea allowed us to survive for centuries, being, to put it mildly, in a not very favorable environment. Serebryakov is a good artist, by the way. But a good artist does not mean a smart person.”

Colleague Bortko Andron Konchalovsky, who lived and worked in the West for many years, commented on the RBC actor’s performance: “To be honest, I have nothing but sympathy for Alyosha. I hope that he will continue to act in Russia in order to live, because there (outside Russia - Ed.) hardly anyone needs him."

Serebryakov’s long-term friend and his partner in the series “Gangster Petersburg” Dmitry Pevtsov in an interview with REN-TV, he defended his colleague: “All the hype that arises, it seems to me, is stupid. Those who do this are engaged in self-PR.”

At the same time, Pevtsov admitted that he himself had not yet seen the interview.

Journalists also turned to Serebryakov himself for comment.

“I said everything I said. If I need to negotiate something, I will turn to Mr. Dudu and negotiate with him,” the artist answered REN-TV journalists.

The boy from "Eternal Call"

The acting career of Moscow native Alexei Serebryakov began early and almost by accident. The boy studied accordion at a music school and one day was photographed for a report about educational institution, which was published in the newspaper “Evening Moscow”. The photo caught the eye of the assistant directors Vladimir Krasnopolsky And Valeria Uskova, who was looking for exactly the type. This is how 13-year-old Alexei Serebryakov, who came from a family of a doctor and an aircraft engineer, ended up in one of the most successful multi-part film projects of the USSR - “Eternal Call”.

Alexey Serebryakov in the film “Eternal Call”. Photo: Still from the film

By the time he entered the acting school, Serebryakov already had a rich film biography. For example, he played the main role of Suvorov soldier Vladimir Kovalev in the film “Scarlet Epaulets”. “The film tells about the fate of the pupils Suvorov School, who worthily took the baton from their commanders during the Great Patriotic War, and about today Soviet army, character formation, nurturing the courage of young warriors,” is the description of the plot of this 1980 film.

From "Fan" to "Leviathan"

However, after graduating from GITIS in 1986, Serebryakov plunged headlong into perestroika cinema and the public recognized him in completely different images. This is a cruel guy nicknamed Pan and the films “Fun of the Young”, a karateka nicknamed “Kid” from the film “Fan”, Sergeant Arsenov from “Afghan Break”, where Serebryakov played with the famous Italian Michele Placido.

There were also completely unexpected roles - for example, a role in the erotic comedy “Nude with a Hat”, or the role of a vampire slayer in the film “Ghoul”.

In 2000, Serebryakov again became one of the most popular domestic actors. This happened after he played crime boss Oleg Zvantsev, nicknamed “Lawyer,” in the TV series “Gangster Petersburg.” Next major work, which caused a wide resonance was the main role in the 2004 TV series “Penal Battalion”. We can say that at this moment Serebryakov finally gained a reputation as a person who brilliantly plays controversial characters in controversial films.

Indeed, the actor starred in almost all major projects that caused fierce controversy in society. We have already talked about “Penal Battalion”, and there were also the roles of a moonshiner in the dark film “Cargo 200”, the role of Lebeda in the film “Once Upon a Time There Was a Woman” and, of course, the main role in “Leviathan” Alexey Zvyagintsev.

Alexey Serebryakov in the film "Leviathan". Photo: Still from the film

“We have an absolutely slave psychology”: how Alexey Serebryakov explained his departure to Canada to “Arguments and Facts”

In 2010, Alexey Serebryakov was deservedly awarded the title “ National artist Russia."

And in 2012, the artist and his family left Russia, moving to Canada.

This is how he explained his decision: “I moved my family to Canada. I want my children to grow up and be brought up in a fundamentally different, at least everyday ideology. I want them to understand that knowledge and hard work can be valued, that it is not necessary to push elbows, be rude, be aggressive and be afraid of people. The street ideology of a civilized country is benevolence and tolerance - something that is so lacking in Russia. Unfortunately, here, no matter how much I protect and isolate them, you cannot protect them from rudeness and aggression. It's in the air. Ham has won."

At the same time, according to Serebryakov, the last straw for him was the terrible smog of 2010: “I’ve been thinking about this for a long time, but the last straw was the summer fires of 2010, when Central Russia shrouded in monstrous smog. And the point is not even the smog, but the fact that the authorities did not announce the need to evacuate at least children, since the suspensions that fill the smog are irreversibly deposited in the lungs. This is absolutely devil-may-care attitude the powers that be have filled my cup of patience.

And in general, I’m tired of what’s happening in Russia. You could say he ran away and couldn’t stand it. Life is short, and I can’t and don’t want to wait any longer for people to wise up. I don’t know how long I have left, but I want my children to learn: the world is big and you can live differently. Everyone talks about the artificiality of Western smiles, but for me, artificial smiles are better than sincere anger.”

At the same time, in the same interview, the actor discussed issues of state and society: “What kind of democracy can we talk about?! We have an absolutely slave mentality! And democracy is responsibility. At best, the people integrate someone into power. Like, we chose you - you are responsible for everything, solve our problems! Democracy is making a decision based on knowledge, a clear understanding between what and what you are choosing. But I personally don’t see today a general desire of people to educate themselves, develop, improve their skills, work and, in the end, bear responsibility - including for the country, for the government. And those who want are a drop in the ocean.”

If you look carefully, Serebryakov’s interview given to AiF six years ago is a real program document of the actor. And what was said then is not fundamentally different from what is said now.

Patriot on the screen: Alexey Serebryakov still makes money from “boorish behavior”

It would seem that everything is fair and worthy. The actor did not see eye to eye with the people, having gone to a place where life was arranged the way he liked.

There is one catch - Serebryakov left partially. He continues to work in Russia. Or rather, this is how a well-fed and prosperous life in Canada is achieved by an actor through participation in projects for people who, who knows when, will become wiser.

Here's 2015, for example. Serebryakov plays a maniac in the series “Method”, which airs on Channel One. In the same year, on the same channel, Serebryakov appears in the crime drama Fartsa. And in 2017, on the Rossiya channel, the artist played leading role in the series "Dr. Richter" - the official adaptation of the legendary "Dr. House".

But there is something more interesting. In 2016, Serebryakov, disappointed with Russia and its people, plays in the patriotic series “The Wall”, based on the historical adventure novel... by the Minister of Culture of Russia Vladimir Medinsky. Serebryakov played a historical figure - a governor Mikhail Borisovich Shein, who led the defense of Smolensk during the Time of Troubles.

And in November 2017, another one appeared on the screens of the country. historical film, who received a large state support— “The Legend of Kolovrat.” The film was personally approved Russian President Vladimir Putin, who, after viewing the picture, stated: “From what I saw, it’s impressive, touches the soul, and it seems to me that people will watch with interest. And the idea itself is a good one.”

And who do you think appeared before the Russian audience in the image of the Grand Duke of Ryazan Yuri Igorevich, who fell in battle with the invaders? Of course, disappointed in Russian people Alexey Serebryakov.

“I am aware that I am not needed there”

Why this happens, the artist himself explained in the fall of 2012 in an interview with Izvestia: “I am well aware that I am not needed there, but I don’t think so. There will be an opportunity - why not. But wait for me to play Chekhov... This could still happen here, but it’s unlikely there. An image in a movie is not created in one day. Here Johnny Depp: any of his appearances on the screen means $100 million, which the audience brought in to watch him again. For an older Russian artist to make his name such a brand is something out of the realm of the impossible... If a job appears for which I want to come to my wife and children and say: guys, you know, but in the next two months I will be working in Moscow , then they will understand. And for me this will be a chance to do something for which neither I nor they will be ashamed, of which they may even be proud.”

Once upon a time, our ancestors formulated a wisdom that goes like this: “Don’t spit in the well, you’ll need to drink the water.”

In order to get drunk somewhere other than Russia, Alexey Serebryakov has obvious difficulties. Although not everything is so bad - the artist played the boss of the Russian mafia in the “cranberry”, but quite well-made Anglo-American TV series “McMafia”. And yet, the main source of a comfortable life in Canada is money earned in Russia. Money that Russians, including those living 30, 50, 70 or more kilometers from Moscow. The money of Russian taxpayers, which is then allocated for the creation of films and transferred to the artists.

The famous actor had a candid conversation with Yuri Dudem. Alexey Serebryakov revealed to the journalist the size of his income, explained why he moved to Canada, and also shared his dreams. The artist dotes on his loved ones and is ready to do anything for them.

People's Artist of Russia Alexey Serebryakov gave an interview to journalist Yuri Dudu. A recording of a conversation with the star appeared on the VDud YouTube channel. Within a matter of hours from the moment of publication, the video received over one million views and ended up on the “Trending” tab. Serebryakov told Dudya about his work, moving to Canada, the problems of Russian cinema and loved ones.

The famous artist has been living abroad since the beginning of 2012. According to the star, he did not renounce Russian citizenship. Alexey explained his decision to change his place of residence by caring for his children - Daria, Stepan and Danil. Serebryakov’s heirs go to a private school, which costs him $24,000 a year.

“I needed to give them the maximum a large number of competitive advantages. I don't know where they will live. Maybe Danya will marry a Brazilian, and Styopa will marry a Spanish woman. I know that they are open, free and fluent in English, and will probably learn more than one language. They are friendly, tolerant, tolerant, and respect the human dignity of others. At the same time, they are Russian boys,” said the artist.

Alexey Serebryakov has two adopted children. The artist and his wife, choreographer Maria, first adopted Daniil, who was then two years old, and then 3-year-old Stepan. The actor is extremely reluctant to talk about heirs and prefers to avoid this topic in interviews. For Yuri Dudya, Serebryakov made an exception.

“I’m terrified of when my children will leave me. Unfortunately, I have not found anything more important in my life than them and my wife Masha. I don't know any greater happiness than them. In any case, I don’t feel such happiness on the track in Cannes,” said the star. – I adopted Daniil 13 years ago, and Styopa – 12. This is a very personal story. The fact is that Masha and I failed twice with the children. And I love her so much that I didn’t arrange any more of these provocations. We realized that we could do this. Both Styopa and Danya are dear children to us.”

Serebryakov admitted that he knows practically nothing about the boys’ parents. "Very little. Only what is written on the card,” the actor noted. According to Serebryakov, during the adoption he and his wife did not encounter any great difficulties. “They mostly helped us. There is the Internet and a data bank,” said the actor. The artist regrets that he will no longer be able to adopt children due to the “Dima Yakovlev law” adopted in 2012. “Because my wife is a Canadian citizen,” Alexey explained.

While raising his children, Alexey periodically shows strictness. “Yes, I yell at them. This happens quite often, especially now, because they are in adolescence. I only do this at home. So, I recently raised my voice because of smoking. I’m trying to save them from the mistake I made,” the man shared.

After Serebryakov moved to Canada, he faced a barrage of criticism. Despite the move, the actor continues to work with Russian directors. Yuri Dud asked the actor if it was true that one day of filming costs 300-400 thousand rubles. “Yes, somewhere in this interval,” Serebryakov did not argue.

Deepest Desires famous actor connected with his close people.

“I dream of being proud of my children and dying on the same day as my wife,” the actor told Yuri Dudu.

In response to message No. 125 from Tatyana: I didn’t want to offend, but told the truth why he wants to renounce Russian citizenship. Surely he expressed his point of view more than once, repeatedly and in different circles. Somewhere they agreed with him, nodded their heads, pompously talking about lofty matters and the endless “starting with oneself”, without trying to change anything, only lip-smacking with their gorged mouth covered in butter and jam. Somewhere they declared him a traitor, period. Somewhere, smiling in the face, they whispered quietly into the ears of the authorities, what a scoundrel and unscrupulous man Serebryakov is, he needs everything more than everyone else, he’s still not happy with something, a scoundrel in one word, they need to rein him in.
Decisions of such magnitude, renunciation of one’s past life, are not made spontaneously, right off the bat. They come to them gradually, quite consciously, a kind of mental suicide, hopelessness, understanding of the impossibility of changing the world in which he was born, brought up, lived, experienced, matured (ellipses), the world in which he is surrounded by you, an undoubted redneck, in the throes of “patriotism” "calling for retribution, judgment on the truth! Having squealed until you are fed up, having shown your loyalty to the unscrupulous authorities, you will also shamelessly rise in the morning at the call of the alarm clock, brush your teeth and all that, and go to rob your country, rob those who are not able, for various reasons, to resist your greedy impudence. Calmly, well, if without contempt, you will look at the poverty of pensioners, disabled people, homeless people, street children. You will not demand from the authorities to fight crime, corruption, lawlessness in everything. And you will go to your neighbors and demand money from them to install an iron door with an intercom in the entrance, and for them a little man to watch the door. You will voluntarily cover your windows with iron bars and escort your children anywhere and everywhere. You will enclose the local area and playgrounds with fences from non-locals, residents of the neighboring house. With all this, praising power and calling everything described freedom. Well, who are you after this, if not a redneck? And you are ready to chew on anyone who tries to resist you: “Guys, haven’t you gone crazy?” Reasonable, thinking people are appointed by you as, then: idiots, senile, traitors further down your list, you know better than me. :)
And how you love to be offended by the truth that exposes you, all your modestly covered shamelessness, shameful places, your essence, where does the essence come from?! It's funny and sad at the same time. And it doesn’t matter who would be in Serebryakov’s place, Mankind and just Man. You will bark at those who are allowed and nothing else, because you are a cattle. Applies to everyone who barks. :))))

Original taken from evgen_isch in Actor Alexey Serebryakov renounced Russian citizenship

For some this is no longer news. But I was very surprised. "As the artist previously stated in a media interview: “They often say in Russia that smiles are Western countries artificial. But for me it's better artificial smiles than sincere anger ." Why?

Poor and unhappy man Alexey Serebryakov. I am sitting at a large festive table right now with my family and friends. I asked how things were going with them " sincere anger around", yes, such that it is necessary to abandon Russia. Mine laughed and took pity on poor Serebryakov. I believe the reasons for being surrounded by such things are in the person himself.

Serebryakov ("Own Children", "Military Hospital", "Zhmurki", "Gangster Petersburg", "Caravan Hunters") sought a change of citizenship for more than a year, and finally got his way.

Now Alexey Serebryakov has officially become a citizen of Canada, where Lately(since 2012) resides. The artist comes to Russia exclusively for filming, now on a work visa.

Serebryakov doesn’t like Russia, he thinks a country with an “absolutely slave psychology”, for which democracy is unattainable, since true democracy is possible only when you not only can choose between something, but also clearly understand that you are choosing and are responsible for it.

As the actor summarizes: “Unfortunately, here, no matter how much I isolate my children from rudeness and aggression, you cannot protect them. It’s in the air. Ham won".

I really like the images that this actor created earlier. They are real, human, deep. He was a symbol for many. A role model.

This news is an ordinary betrayal - to harmoniously integrate into the semantic matrix of Russian humanity, to lock in many, many, and then do the exact opposite, murderous for a country that is now in a very difficult time. Kill meanings.

This is exactly how the country of the USSR was betrayed and killed. The elite trampled the meanings, coveting the sausage and personal potential life of the bourgeois.

One can only wish guest worker Alexey a fat life and a strong hangover after, as befits a slave spirit who sold meanings.

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