Season 2 • Episode 12
LatestYou can start with a clean slate at any age. Even when you are 60 years old and it seems that everything is fine with you. Viktor Molodtsov, a lonely widower, an official of the "old school" of the Zauralsk city hall, who does not recognize modern technologies, suddenly finds out that he has an adult daughter in the capital… And she heads one of the departments of the Ministry of Digital and Advanced Development. Unlike her mild—mannered and out-of-date father, Ekaterina Kulik is very confident, tough and progressive - constantly modernizing all existing work processes. Well done "by connections" finds an opportunity to get a job as an ordinary employee in the Ministry. He is going to Moscow to find out if this is really his daughter, and if so, to gain her trust.
Acting
Dobronravov's deadpan bewilderment against Medynich's ruthless efficiency.
Writing
Sharp satire of Russian digital modernization meets genuine emotional beats.
Creator
Stanislav Dovzhik
Fyodor Dobronravov
Виктор Молодцов
Olga Medynich
Екатерина Кулик
Elena Yakovleva
Тамара Николаевна Кулик
Mark Bogatyrev
Никита Андреевич Морин
Dmitriy Kharatyan
Николай Фомин
Vladimir Sarapultsev
Павел Петровский
Mark Vdovin
Денис Романов
Irina Bezryadnova
Дина Иванова
Savely Naumov
Анатолий Носов
Saveliy Kudryashov
Ростик
Dzhemal Tetruashvili
Миша
Andrey Kharybin
Олег
Aleksandr Samoylenko
Aleksey Zolotovitskiy
Viktoriya Bogatyryova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Mastodon' references both the extinct mammal and the decentralized social network — a perfect metaphor for Viktor's obsolescence and stubborn survival.
Fyodor Dobronravov was already a household name from 'The Kitchen' and 'Ivanovs-Ivanovs'; this role let him finally play the chaos agent rather than the beleaguered patriarch.
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