TV series

Soviet Jeans

2024 · 1 season

A wry, warm-hearted caper under Soviet oppression, balancing absurd humour with quiet tension and a bittersweet longing for freedom.

Tagline: Pants that changed the world
Overview: In the late 1970s – at a time when the fiercest propaganda against Western culture was being waged throughout the USSR – an ardent rock and roll fan sets up a successful and illegal underground jeans factory in a Latvian psychiatric hospital.
How it feels: Satirical, warm, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Rebellion, freedom, identity, friendship
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: rebellion
freedom
identity
friendship
power
Places: hospital
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild