50 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestA group of investigators finds murdered teenagers in a city collector. Unraveling this case step by step, the police faces an unconditional evil - a whirlpool of a big city, which sucks and destroys the weak - those whom no one loves and does not care for. This evil destroys people with impunity, and each of the characters is forced to face it personally, look inside themselves to meet their own demons and fears.
Acting
Vdovichenkov's haunted eyes do ALL the work
Cinematography
Grey-on-grey cityscapes that suffocate beautifully
Direction
Zagidullin makes concrete feel carnivorous
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Krasnov
Vladislav Abashin
Kirill
Julia Melnikova
Marina
Aristarkh Venes
Mark
Alyona Mikhaylova
Mukha
Ivan Makarevich
Eldar Kalimulin
Artem Suchkov
Stan
Oleg Vasilkov
Stepfather
Gleb Kalyuzhny
Maks
Alina Voskresenskaya
Dina
Dmitriy Podnozov
Baev
Igor Mirkurbanov
Matas
Irina Alfyorova
Beata
Angelina Zagrebina
Lera
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Post-Soviet urban decay as character: the show borrows from Tarkovsky's Zone but replaces mystical hope with bureaucratic hell.
Vdovichenkov trained with actual Moscow detectives for three months, then refused to discuss the 'smell' he learned to recognize.
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