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| - | '''Matroesjka's''', ([[Dutch language|Dutch]] for [[Matryoshka doll]]), also known overseas under its English titles '''Matrioshki''' or '''Russian Dolls: Sex Trade''', is a [[Flanders|Flemish]] [[drama]] [[Television program|series]] about the life in Club/Studio 69. It is about a group of women, from Lithuania and Russia, who are taken to Belgium by a gang involved in the [[Trafficking in human beings|sex trade]] to work as [[sexual slavery|sex slaves]]. The series start in [[Lithuania]], where the girls are chosen and where they have to sign a contract in Greek, which they cannot understand. The gang, under the lead of Ray van Mechelen, takes the girls to [[Cyprus]] and from there they are taken to Club 69 in [[Belgium]] to work. "''Matroesjka's''" is sponsored by the "[[Flemish Audiovisual Fund]]" (''[[Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds]]''). | + | A '''matryoshka doll''' is a '''Russian nesting doll''' ({{lang-ru|Матрёшка}}) which is a set of wooden [[doll]]s of decreasing size placed one inside the other. The first Russian nested doll set was carved in 1890 by [[Vasily Zvyozdochkin]] from a design by [[Sergey Malyutin]], who was a folk crafts painter at [[Abramtsevo Colony|Abramtsevo]]. Traditionally the outer layer is a woman, dressed in a [[sarafan]], a long and shapeless traditional Russian peasant [[jumper dress]]. The figures inside may be of either gender; the smallest, innermost doll is typically a baby [[lathe]]d from a single piece of wood. Much of the artistry is in the painting of each doll, which can be very elaborate. The dolls often follow a theme, aside from the typical traditional peasant girls, the themes vary, from [[fairy tale]] characters to [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] leaders. |
| - | Matroesjka's is produced and directed by [[Guy Goossens]] and [[Mark Punt]]. | + | == As metaphor == |
| + | Matryoshkas are also used [[metaphor]]ically, as a [[design paradigm]], known as the "matryoshka principle" or "nested doll principle". It denotes a recognizable relationship of "object-within-similar-object" that appears in the design of many other natural and man-made objects. Examples include the [[Matrioshka brain]] and the [[Matroska]] media-container format. The "matryoshka principle" is also an example of [[Mise en abyme|Mise-en-abyme]]. ''Compare'' [[Fractal]]. | ||
| - | Thus far, the series has ten episodes. It follows a serial format. | + | The [[onion]] metaphor is of similar character. If the outer layer is peeled off an onion, a similar onion exists within. This structure is employed by designers in applications such as the layering of clothes or the design of tables, where a smaller table sits within a larger table and a yet smaller one within that. |
| - | Because of explicit scenes, namely sex and violence, the program is not appropriate for people under 16 years of age (according to Belgian ratings). | ||
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| - | ==The series, generally== | ||
| - | Although based on the problems associated with the sex-trade, the series is not so much a painful documentary or engaged criticism of those problems as it is a source of entertainment. Yet it is also true that director Marc Punt has said that it wouldn't be terrible if the series made people aware of those problems. Already, the series is used to warn women in the former Eastern Bloc of the practices associated with the sex-trade. | ||
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| - | The program was first broadcast on the Belgian channels [[Canal+]] (now known as "Prime") and [[VTM]]. After ten episodes, ''Matroesjka's'' received a viewership in excess of 1.1 million. Above all it is its raw treatment of sex and violence that accounts for this level of viewership. Other countries picked up the show as well. The Netherlands on [[Yorin]], in France on M6, where the number of viewers was 3.7 million on two episodes and the second best viewed show of that day. Also Georgia, Russia, Slovakia, Lithuania, Estonia and Australia have picked up the show. | ||
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| - | The British composer [[David Julyan]] provided the music score for the series. The theme song is ''[[Post Modern Sleaze]]'' by British group [[Sneaker Pimps]]. | ||
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| - | ==Cast== | ||
| - | *[[Peter Van den Begin]] - Raymond "Ray" van Mechelen; runs Studio 69. | ||
| - | *[[Luk Wyns]] - Eddy Stoefs; the manager of Studio 69 and is very keen of his money. | ||
| - | *[[Tom Van Dyck]] - Vincent Dockx; first paralyzed after falling, being pushed by Ray, after he wanted Kalinka to suck his penis. At the end of the first season he died. | ||
| - | *[[Axel Daeseleire]] - Jan Verplancke | ||
| - | *[[Marc Van Eeghem]] - Marc Camps | ||
| - | *[[Frank Aendenboom]] - John Dockx; father of Vincent and uncle to Ray. He appears to be the big boss of Studio 69. | ||
| - | *[[Stany Crets]] - Clem De Donder | ||
| - | *[[Lucas Van den Eynde]] - reporter Nico Maes | ||
| - | *[[Wim Opbrouck]] - Mike Simons | ||
| - | *[[Veerle De Jonghe]] - Esther Van De Walle | ||
| - | *[[Ailika Kremer]] - Eva | ||
| - | *[[Eugenia Hirivskaya]] - Kalinka | ||
| - | *[[Manou Kersting]] - Danny Bols | ||
| - | *[[Indre Jaraite]] - Inesa | ||
| - | *[[Mila Lipner]] - Deborah | ||
| - | *[[Zemyna Asmontaite]] - Daria | ||
| - | *[[Vilma Raubaite]] - Kasandra | ||
| - | *[[Lyubov Tolkalina]] - Olga | ||
| - | *[[Saartje Vandendriessche]] - Sita | ||
| - | *[[Svetlana Vladimirovna]] - Luna | ||
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| - | The show also included several guest roles of famous actors: Wim Opbrouck (Mike Simons), Ludo Hellincx (Nelson Nilis), Karel Deruwe (officer), Jan Decleir (Wim Wilson's father), Chris Lomme (Monique Wilson), and Warre Borgmans (Dokter Van Looy). | ||
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| - | ==International broadcasts== | ||
| - | *Because of the success of the first season, a deal was negotiated between VTM, Independent Productions, and several foreign commercial broadcasters to make a second season. | ||
| - | * The second season has finished shooting in October 2007 and will air in [[Belgium]] in Q1 2008. | ||
| - | *The first season can be seen in the following countries: [[the Netherlands]], [[Great Britain]], [[France]], [[Spain]], [[Italy]], [[Finland]], [[Sweden]], [[Australia]], [[Russia]], [[Brazil]], [[Hungary]], [[Poland]], [[Lithuania]], [[Estonia]] and [[Chile]]. In [[Portugal]] it airs on Fox Crime. | ||
| - | *[http://www.thefilmzone.tv The Film Zone] shows the first ten episodes in some countries from [[Latin America]] | ||
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Chinese boxes]] | ||
| + | * [[Matroshka experiments]] | ||
| + | * [[Recursion]] | ||
| + | * [[Self-similarity]] | ||
| + | * [[Skazka]] | ||
| + | * [[Stacking (video game)]] | ||
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A matryoshka doll is a Russian nesting doll (Template:Lang-ru) which is a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside the other. The first Russian nested doll set was carved in 1890 by Vasily Zvyozdochkin from a design by Sergey Malyutin, who was a folk crafts painter at Abramtsevo. Traditionally the outer layer is a woman, dressed in a sarafan, a long and shapeless traditional Russian peasant jumper dress. The figures inside may be of either gender; the smallest, innermost doll is typically a baby lathed from a single piece of wood. Much of the artistry is in the painting of each doll, which can be very elaborate. The dolls often follow a theme, aside from the typical traditional peasant girls, the themes vary, from fairy tale characters to Soviet leaders.
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As metaphor
Matryoshkas are also used metaphorically, as a design paradigm, known as the "matryoshka principle" or "nested doll principle". It denotes a recognizable relationship of "object-within-similar-object" that appears in the design of many other natural and man-made objects. Examples include the Matrioshka brain and the Matroska media-container format. The "matryoshka principle" is also an example of Mise-en-abyme. Compare Fractal.
The onion metaphor is of similar character. If the outer layer is peeled off an onion, a similar onion exists within. This structure is employed by designers in applications such as the layering of clothes or the design of tables, where a smaller table sits within a larger table and a yet smaller one within that.
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