Real Boys is a Russian sitcom shot by GoodStoryMedia in the reality genre. Its premiere took place in the fall of 2010 on TNT. During the broadcast, the series fell in love with the audience, became popular and received official status of the cultural heritage of the Perm Territory.
Perm seasons of "Real boys"
The first season of the series about the life of a simple Perm guy Kolyan was shown on the TNT channel from November 8 to December 30, 2101.
The story begins with the fact that the Permian gopnik Kolyan, who was caught stealing sewer manholes and already has one conditional term, is offered to participate in a reality show instead of serving his sentence in prison. According to the terms of the show, Kolyan will live his usual life under the constant supervision of a television camera, and an operator will take pictures everywhere, filming his family, friends, acquaintances, and work. Kolyan, of course, agrees.
A test series of "Real boys" was shot in Perm in September 2009 on an amateur camera, and they didn’t shoot it for television, and it was shown on November 8, 2010 as a pilot series without editing accessories.
The first season of the sitcom acquaints the audience with the inner circle of the protagonist: with his close and not very friends and girlfriends, with people with whom he constantly has to communicate.
The main storyline of the season is a difficult choice for Kolyan: between the simple and affordable girlfriend Masha, whom he does not like, and the inaccessible bohemian daughter of the local oligarch Leroy, whom he is deeply in love with.
Kolyan chooses Leroux and seeks reciprocity, in his personal life everything goes well until the wedding of his colleague Edward. The next morning after the wedding, he wakes up in bed with Masha - this is how the first season of the series "Real Boys" ends.
The press noted that the pilot series did not like the residents of Perm. However, according to TNS Russia, the series took 2nd place in the Top 20 programs, popular among the youth age category from 18 to 30 years.
The TNT channel showed the second season from March 9 to April 7, 2011. The second part of “Real Boys” is completely devoted to Kolyan’s attempts to regain the disposition and trust of everyone who recognized Lera. Unsuccessfully married in season 1, Eddie, secretly in love with Masha, has been trying to divorce his wife, Valery, all season 2. Also in this part, viewers for the first time see Father Kolyan, who is being released from prison, and Lera's mother, who came from Spain.
The season ends with the wedding of Lera and Kolyan and the accusation of Kolyan in stealing a car, which he did not commit, he is awaiting trial. In the last shots, a representative of a television channel filming a reality show appears and states that the filming stops before the court decides.
Season 3 was broadcast from November 7 to December 8, 2011. Antokha and Vovan - the closest friends of Kolyan, are recognized in theft, for which they receive suspended sentences. Kolyan forgives them and lets them into his future apartment, on condition that they make repairs in it.
Lera’s father takes Kolyan to work for him, where he will fight with his rival father-in-law all season. At the end of the season, Lera and Kolyan have a son.
The last Perm, season 4 of the series, is dedicated to the search for Kolyan of his place in life. He is very annoyed by life dependent on his rich father-in-law, he leaves him for a new job and tries to enter the university on his own. In the final episode of the season, he receives a letter from Moscow stating that he was enrolled in one of the Moscow universities. No one in Kolyan’s family supports leaving for Moscow, but the season ends with shots from Red Square.
