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Friend for an Hour

2023 · 1 season

A gentle, bittersweet comedy about an unlikely friendship that turns a lonely retirement into a messy, warm adventure.

Genres
Comedy
Overview
Nikolai Sergeevich, who has been in charge of the pediatrics department for many years, retires and enters the "wonderful world of pensioners". Unfortunately, Nikolai Sergeich has neither savings nor a family. His wife left him a year ago, but left him touching letters with memories and advice for the rest of his life. Having quickly tasted all the public benefits of his position, Nikolai Sergeyevich decides to immediately go to his wife. He arranges a farewell dinner for himself, but then fate brings him together with a young energetic guy Lech, who works as a "friend for an hour", and together they go to breaking bad.
How it feels
Warm, melancholic, whimsical and dark. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Friendship, aging, loneliness, found family
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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