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The Gig

2022 · 1 season

A tense, slow-burning character study that immerses you in a young musician's moral descent, balancing artistic passion with the gritty pull of crime.

Created by
Aleksandr Tsoy
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mark Eydelshteyn, Katerina Bekker, Ilya Khalmurzayev
Tagline
Serve Your Audience
Overview
The story of a young and talented musician, Senya. Obsessed with classical music, he dreams of enrolling at a prestigious conservatory. For him, everything in the world looks straightforward and clearcut, as he follows his devotion to playing the violin. However, reality becomes far more complicated when he finds himself caught up in the criminal world of drugs trafficking. Blackmailed into becoming a drugs mule he quickly realizes that his new life of crime is both a social elevator and a quick way to earn some easy money. It's a role which brings him new friends, financial freedom, and confidence...but it also threatens his deeply felt dream. Senya’s risk-filled journey deals with the complexities of growing up, surviving adolescence and the choices young people have to make every day. But will Senya manage to stay true to himself, pursue his dreams and emerge unscathed?

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Created by
Aleksandr Tsoy
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mark Eydelshteyn, Katerina Bekker, Ilya Khalmurzayev
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • crime
  • ambition
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • school
Era
contemporary
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
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Aleksandr Tsoy
Written by
Alexander Talal
Starring
Mark Eydelshteyn, Katerina Bekker, Ilya Khalmurzayev, Kristina Kucherenko, Mikhail Kremer, Lev Malishava, Ekaterina Sokolova-Zhuber, Evgeniy Sidikhin
Cinematography
Nikita Karmen
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network
START
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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