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Rugby

2021 · 1 season

A gritty but hopeful sports drama about bruised athletes chasing purpose, mixing hard-hitting rugby with personal struggles and quiet camaraderie.

Created by
Ilya Kulikov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Margarita Abroskina, Oleg Gaas, Sergey Rudzevich
Overview
In the story, Russian gymnastics champion Nastya quits her favorite sport due to a conflict with her coach. Unable to imagine life without victories, the girl goes to women's rugby. Max, who left boxing and mixed martial arts at one time, trains in the men's team of the same club. Everyone in their team is exploring the honest, uncompromising and brutal world of rugby.

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Created by
Ilya Kulikov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Margarita Abroskina, Oleg Gaas, Sergey Rudzevich
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • identity
  • found family
  • survival
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Ilya Kulikov
Written by
Anya Mirokhina, Vladimir Batrameev, Vasily Vnukov, Ilya Kulikov
Starring
Margarita Abroskina, Oleg Gaas, Sergey Rudzevich, Aleksandra Rozanova, Viktoriya Belyakova, Kseniia Novysheva, Sergei Selin, Sergey Galakhov
Length
1 seasons, 16 episodes, 45 min each
Network
STS, more.tv, Wink
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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