Olivier and the Robots

A wry, deadpan anthology that turns everyday Russian life into quietly absurd tech parables, funny and unsettling by turns.

Created by

Alexandr Irinarkhov, Alexey Kamynin

Genres

Comedy, Sci-fi & fantasy

Starring

Irina Gorbacheva, Gosha Kutsenko, Leonid Kanevsky

Overview

Six stories about life in Russia in the near future and the problems of human interaction with advanced technologies: a girl decides to have a serious conversation with her boyfriend, but encounters his clones; a literature teacher finds an unusual way to interest students in Russian classics; Vsevolod pretends to be a domestic robot; a guy makes confusion in the relationship of his girlfriend's digitized parents; a lawyer is forced to defend the accusedabout the murder of an artificial intelligence coffee machine; after losing his job, a former courier hunts for food delivery robots.

How it feels

Satirical, absurd, cynical and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Technology, identity, isolation, work

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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