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Better Than Us

2018–2019 · 1 season

A tense, thoughtful near-future drama that blends family bonds with corporate conspiracy and android ethics, asking for steady attention.

Created by
Andrey Dzhunkovskiy
Genres
Sci-fi & fantasy, Drama
Starring
Paulina Andreeva, Kirill Käro, Olga Lomonosova
Overview
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.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Andrey Dzhunkovskiy
Genres
Sci-fi & fantasy, Drama
Starring
Paulina Andreeva, Kirill Käro, Olga Lomonosova
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • technology
  • family
  • identity
  • power
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
sci-fi & fantasy, drama
Created by
Andrey Dzhunkovskiy
Written by
Alexander Dagan, Alexandr Kessel
Starring
Paulina Andreeva, Kirill Käro, Olga Lomonosova, Vitaliya Kornienko, Eldar Kalimulin, Vera Kincheva, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Irina Tarannik
Length
1 seasons, 16 episodes, 51 min each
Network
Channel One
Country
Russia
Languages
French, German, Russian

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