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A Gentle Creature

A woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day she receives the parcel she sent to her husband, serving a sentence in prison. Confused and angered, she sets out to find why her package was returned to sender.

A Picture to Remember

Masha is in love with Igor, her college mate, and wants to marry him, but he does not seem in much of a hurry to lead the girl to the altar. In a moment of sudden desperation, Masha decides to try and spur on her dawdling fiancé by applying to the local registry office for a civil marriage with the first man she chances to meet. The thwarted Igor soon realises his mistake and tries to win Masha back, but it seems to be too late. In the meantime, Masha did not expect that her new relationship that began as a joke will soon develop into true love.

An Ordinary Woman – Season 1

Marina is an ordinary woman, living in Moscow. But behind the veneer of her perfect family life lurk many dark secrets. She owns a flower shop, but her income really comes from running a clandestine Whatsapp network of prostitutes. An Ordinary Woman is the riveting story of how Marina copes as her carefully constructed house of cards begins to collapse around her.

An Ordinary Woman – Season 2

Ancestral Land

An epic family saga set in the Russian Urals before, during and after the Second World War. The story is centered on the Morozov family – Aleksey, Stepan, Aliona and Varvara – two brothers and two sisters, with a multitude of complex relationships between them. Miraculously, they all survive the slaughter of World War II, but not without learning some important lessons on the way, including the meaning of true love, that overcomes all hurdles and heals all wounds, and how to cope with grief, leading them ultimately to a long dreamed-of happiness.

Anna Karenina: Vronsky’s Story (2017)

There is no single truth in love. Each treads their own path.Which should take precedence – passion or duty? How do we choose? And who gets to judge? These are the eternal questions, remorselessly thrust upon us by life. Anna Karenina made her choice, leaving her son Sergei to grow up struggling to understand why his mother took such a tragic and terrible path, and Count Vronsky haunted by the memory of the woman for whose death he still blames himself 30 years later. In 1904, in the aftermath of one of the battles of the Russian–Japanese war, Sergei Karenin and Alexey Vronsky find themselves thrown together in a remote Manchurian village, where fate offers them a chance to return to the events long past and, finally, to find the answers both have long been seeking.

Armed Love

Love, the central character in this film, is a certified psychologist who specializes in dealing with wayward and rebellious youths. She is currently preparing for her wedding with Maksim. One night when driving home, Max and Love are involved in an accident after their car hits a man on the road. On examining the body, Max is shocked to discover that the man is dead. Suddenly three men appear, Sancho, Thrush and Kid who threaten to go to the police and claim they witnessed the fatal accident unless Max signs over his car and gives them a large amount of money. Max knows he is being set up, but when he tries to call the police, his blackmailers viciously attack and kill him. Love is taken to hospital with serious injuries and, on regaining consciousness, soon learns that her idyllic life has come to an end. Distraught with grief, she cannot accept the death of the man she loved.

Battalion (2015)

Russia, 1917, WWI. This is the story of the 1st Russian Women’s Battalion of Death, formed as part of an ill-conceived propaganda ploy by the Russian Provisional Government in late May of 1917.

Better Than Us – Season 1

Moscow in a not so distant future where human beings share their daily lives with robots. Georgy, a forensic who has a robot assistant, suddenly finds himself caught up in the first murder committed by a new kind of experimental humanoid.

Better Than Us – Season 2

Bitva za Sevastopol

The breakout of the war shatters the world of a young student, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, forcing her to enlist in the army in 1941. The maiden turns out to be a natural-born sniper, her impressive skill and prowess make her stand out among men and women alike. Seeing Pavlichenko as a tangible threat, the German High Command gives orders to eliminate the girl whatever the cost. In the meanwhile, Lyudmila meets a man and falls in love. War fades into the background… Soon, however, another misfortune befalls Lyudmila leaving the man she loves on the brink of death and herself seriously wounded.

Cinderella.ru

Andrey has always dreamt of becoming a pop star, so when a well-known record producer offers him a contract in Moscow, he jumps at the opportunity, leaving his girlfriend, Natasha behind without a second thought. Miserable and alone, Natasha’s friend Dasha suggests she tries a new dating agency called Cinderella, which specializes in introducing girls to millionaires. Not everything goes as planned but will she find love?

Ekaterina – Season 1

This major international production traces the sensational rise of Catherine the Great, renowned Empress of Eighteenth Century Russia. Ekaterina begins her journey as a young German princess selected to marry Peter the Third, heir to the Russian throne and grandson of Peter the Great. Her story shows that even in an age of imperial dynasties and arranged marriages, power is not given. It is taken.

Ekaterina – Season 2

Ekaterina – Season 3

The year is 1774. Russian lands suffer from drought, hunger threatens the nation. Russia finds itself in two conflicts: a war with the Ottoman Empire and a rebellion, led by a self-proclaimed descendant of the Romanovs. In Paris, a princess claims to be the granddaughter of Peter the Great, and threatens to take the Russian throne. As her power withers, can Ekaterina II defeat the pretenders?

Ex-Wife

A single mother quits her career as a professional singer to become a bounty hunter chasing down deadbeat dads.

Hunting the Gauleiter

Minsk, 1970. A formal meeting takes place to discuss awarding The Young Communist League of the Byelorussian SSR with the special Order. Maria Arkhipova, now an elderly woman, occupies an honorable seat on the panel, young and over-confident Galina Pomazan, whose heroic and impressive wartime record means she has the privilege of opening the meeting.

Minus One

Lena and Vasia are happily married with two children, until a domestic conflict spirals out of control, with a chain of events leading to an angry conclusion. In the heat of the moment, Lena and Vasia tell each other that they can live without one another, and they get their wish. From now on, Lena lives in a world without Vasia, and Vasia lives in a world where Lena is absent. Everything else remains unchanged – they have their children, neighbours and relatives.

Moscow Noir – Season 1

In turn-of-the-21st-century Moscow, an innocent trade plunges Swedish investment banker, Tom Blixen, into a battle with millionaires, politicians, oligarchs and their private armies.

Never Let Me Go

Natasha Konopliova works as nurse at a hospital. She lives together with her mother, modestly but with dignity. Having raised Natasha as a single parent, her mother tries to instil the best human values in her daughter – honesty, determination and a responsible approach to her work. She wants to avoid any influence from Natasha’s good-for-nothing father, an alcoholic who will do anything to get his next drink.

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