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Coal

2023 · 1 season

A heavy, slow-burning portrait of hardship and endurance, steeped in grim period detail and quiet family tension.

Created by
Vladimir Kott
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alexander Korshunov, Elena Tsyplakova, Yuliya Khlynina
Overview
The plot centers on a mining family. The time of events falls on the difficult 90s. The heroes get into a difficult life and try to find the strength to endure the trials.

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Created by
Vladimir Kott
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alexander Korshunov, Elena Tsyplakova, Yuliya Khlynina
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • survival
  • grief
  • class
  • power
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Vladimir Kott
Written by
Aleksey Tagushev, Марианна Сокольская
Starring
Alexander Korshunov, Elena Tsyplakova, Yuliya Khlynina, Viktoriya Tolstoganova, Tatyana Polosina, Inga Strelkova-Oboldina, Andrey Sokolov, Yura Borisov
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network
Channel One
Country
Russia

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