Season 1 • Episode 4
LatestSeveral young people have been arrested in the city of N on charges of carrying out extremist activities. Contemporary artist, graduate of a Western university, social activist, daughter of the governor.
Acting
Evgeny Romantsov's magnetic, unraveling presence
Direction
Arlanov's suffocating claustrophobia in 'N'
Writing
Conversations that feel wiretapped in real-time
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The unnamed 'city N' mirrors real Russian cities where political arrests of young activists spiked post-2022, making this unnervingly documentary-adjacent.
Arlanov cast several actors with actual protest arrest records, blurring documentary and fiction until the screen itself feels like evidence.
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