Season 1 • Episode 4
LatestA student of the journalism faculty, Danil, goes as a volunteer to the zone of his SMO (Special Military Operation), tired of the hypocrisy of the capital. He is from Sevastopol and knows a little more about the neighboring state than his friends. His anti-war-minded girlfriend Alice, realizing that she is expecting a child, decides to protect her young man from a fatal mistake and goes after him. Finding a loved one in the chaos of war is proving difficult.
Acting
Kukarskih's Alice burns through every frame she's in.
Direction
Simonov shoots chaos like he hates his characters.
Writing
Dialogue that chokes on its own irony.
Creator
Andrey Simonov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the first Russian-language series to depict SMO volunteers as complex rather than heroic, drawing ire from state media while gaining underground traction.
Shevchenkov (Shoroh) improvised his monologue about Crimean beaches; the script originally had him silent.
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