What if your second chance came in a criminal's body? Soviet sci-fi asks the messy questions.
Season 1 • Episode 4
LatestIn an extreme emergency, a professor’s brain is transplanted into the body of a recidivist who died in a disaster, leading to dramatic consequences.
Production
Late Soviet-era aesthetic: cramped apartments, cosmic ambition, zero budget.
Writing
Novel adaptation that actually wrestles with its premise instead of coasting.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Georgia's final Soviet years, the series reflects collapsing empire anxiety — science as both escape and trap.
Director Chokhonelidze reportedly shot the brain surgery scenes in an actual Tbilisi hospital after hours, using real equipment.
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