Your job is lying for cheaters. Your wife walks in. Karma's a screenwriter.
8.050 minSeason 1 • Episode 16
LatestPetr is not only a successful writer but also is the owner of the agen- cy called Alibi — that creates alibis for the clients who need to hide their lies and failures. His second business is hidden, so he himself has a double life. But his attitude to lies changes when his own wife appears at the agency asking for an alibi. From this moment on, he will solve not only his client’s problems, but his own. Unfortu- nately, he’ll be able to help everyone but himself.
Writing
Razor-sharp irony: a liar-for-hire who can't see his own marriage collapsing.
Acting
Stychkin's slow-burn panic as his two lives collide spectacularly.
Production
Moscow's gray elegance as the perfect backdrop for moral rot.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kazakh director Nurbek Egen brings post-Soviet sensibility to universal themes — the 'Alibi' agency as metaphor for Russia's own relationship with institutionalized deception.
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