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Cicadas

2023 · 1 season

A slow-burning, emotionally charged drama that follows a tight-knit group as youthful dreams collide with harsh realities, revealing secrets and testing bonds.

Created by: Evgeniy Stychkin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Grigory Vernik, Sofya Arzhanykh, Ilya Vinogorsky

Overview: Six friends are just starting their adult life. They fall in love, dream, and make plans for the future. When a tragedy strikes troubling issues and secrets are revealed, and their parents wonder if they know their children at all.

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Created by: Evgeniy Stychkin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Grigory Vernik, Sofya Arzhanykh, Ilya Vinogorsky

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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
friendship
family
grief
identity
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Created by: Evgeniy Stychkin
Starring: Grigory Vernik, Sofya Arzhanykh, Ilya Vinogorsky, Ekaterina Voronina, Irina Pautova, Sergey Gorodnichiy, Savely Naumov, Ekaterina Mezina
Length: 1 seasons, 8 episodes, 50 min each
Network: Kinopoisk
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian

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