What if your miracle baby came with a side of brainwashing?
Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestVera has a terrible disease — infertility. Together with her beloved husband Andrey, she goes to a distant secret hermitage, where a certain healer, Father Athanasius, lives. Despite Andrey's skepticism, a miracle happens: Vera is pregnant. But over time, the heroes, unknowingly, find themselves under the influence of a terrible destructive cult, and Andrei must do everything to save his Faith.
Direction
Dulyan's suffocating atmosphere in remote hermitage
Acting
Aleksandrova's desperate hope curdling into dread
Production
Isolated location becomes character itself
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reflects real anxieties about alternative medicine and spiritual authority in post-Soviet Russia, where institutional trust remains fractured.
Marina Aleksandrova, a major Russian TV star, reportedly took the role specifically to subvert her glamorous image—her physical transformation throughout mirrors Vera's psychological unraveling.
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