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Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes

2020 · 1 season

A sombre, immersive chronicle of suffering and survival that weighs heavily, with brief moments of human warmth.

Created by
Egor Anashkin
Genres
Drama
Starring
Chulpan Khamatova, Yulia Peresild, Roman Madyanov
Overview
The year is 1930. In a small Tartar village, a woman named Zuleikha watches as her husband is murdered by communists. Zuleikha herself is sent into exile, enduring a horrendous train journey to a remote spot on the Angara River in Siberia. Conditions in the camp are tough, and many of her group do not survive the first difficult winter. As she gradually settles into a routine, Zuleikha starts to get to know her companions. The eclectic group includes a rather dotty doctor, an artist who paints on the sly, and Ignatov, Zuleikha's husband's killer. A screen version of the best-selling novel by Guzel Yakhina.

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Created by
Egor Anashkin
Genres
Drama
Starring
Chulpan Khamatova, Yulia Peresild, Roman Madyanov
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • grief
  • isolation
  • identity
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Egor Anashkin
Starring
Chulpan Khamatova, Yulia Peresild, Roman Madyanov, Sergey Makovetskiy, Aleksandr Bashirov, Yevgeniy Morozov
Cinematography
Shandor Berkeshi, Alexey Fedorov
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes, 49 min each
Network
Russia-1
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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