Hatching Chicks
Writer and director Eduard Oganesyan speaks to DQ about Chicks, a Russian drama in which four fearless women fight for independence in a provincial town that is dominated by men. Set in a small provincial town dominated by men, Russian series Chiki (Chicks) sees four call girls fight for their independence by turning their back on prostitution and opening a fitness club. The story opens with three friends – Sveta, Marina and Lyuda – earning money in a roadside brothel. When Zhanna returns from Moscow with the idea of starting a business, one by one, they all decide to join the scheme and turn their backs on their turbulent past. But their pimp is not ready to let them go. Produced by NMG Studio and Mars Media for streamer More.TV, the eight-part series comes from writer and director Eduard Oganesyan. Starring Irina Gorbacheva, Varvara Shmakova, Irina Nosova and Alena Mikhailova, it is distributed by Art House Distribution. Highlighting issues of religion, gender and social inequality, the series was released in Russia in June and has racked up more than 20 million views so far. Ahead of a screening of the show today as part of Content London On Demand, Oganesyan tells DQ why Chicks was the toughest project of his career – and also his favourite. Tell us about the series. Chicks is about inner freedom and the courage to make decisions. It’s about the fact that you can and probably even must believe that you can change your life … Continue reading Hatching Chicks
