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Playing With Fire

2021 · 1 season

A tense, emotionally heavy period drama about a desperate father racing against time and circumstance.

Created by
Valentin Donskov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Igor Petrenko, Sergey Peregudov, Darya Ekamasova
Overview
The year is 1979. To save his child from a rare disease, Mikhail will have to earn a million US dollars and run away with his son abroad.

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Created by
Valentin Donskov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Igor Petrenko, Sergey Peregudov, Darya Ekamasova
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • survival
    • crime
    • class
    • parenthood
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension6
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Valentin Donskov
    Starring
    Igor Petrenko, Sergey Peregudov, Darya Ekamasova, Olga Krasko, Vladimir Seleznyov, Mariya Smolnikova, Yuriy Tsurilo, Aleksey Barabash
    Length
    1 seasons, 12 episodes
    Network
    Russia-1, Dom Kino, Wink
    Country
    Russia
    Languages
    Russian

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