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The Kidney

2022 · 3 seasons

A sharp, morally tangled comedy-drama where charm and selfishness collide, leaving you wryly amused and uneasy.

Created by
Avdotya Smirnova
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Lyubov Aksyonova, Nikolay Fomenko, Irina Rozanova
Overview
An employee of the fire department - a manipulator and a bribe-taker - is trying to get herself a kidney for a transplant. But this is not easy to do, since she lived her life in such a way that no one wants to help her.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Avdotya Smirnova
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Lyubov Aksyonova, Nikolay Fomenko, Irina Rozanova
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • morality
  • corruption
  • grief
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour7
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Created by
Avdotya Smirnova
Written by
Elizaveta Tikhonova, Mariya Shulgina
Starring
Lyubov Aksyonova, Nikolay Fomenko, Irina Rozanova, Aleksey Rozin, Anton Filipenko, Dmitry Lysenkov, Stepan Devonin, Yanina Lakoba
Music
Георгий Стефанов
Cinematography
Кирилл Голубев, Anna Rozhetskaya
Length
3 seasons, 26 episodes, 30 min each
Network
KION
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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