El Russo

A slow-burning clash of faith and law in an isolated community, tense and atmospheric with a quiet, brooding mystery.

Created by

Sergey Mokritskiy

Genres

Drama, Mystery

Starring

Svetlana Ivanova, Semyon Serzin, Boris Kamorzin

Overview

The story takes place on a quiet peninsula away from Buenos Aires, where more than the first generation of Russian Old Believers live, preserving their language, faith and way of life. The main characters are real opposites: she is an Old Believer who lives by the rules of the community, and he is a policeman, an emigrant from Russia, who knows no mercy for criminals. They were not destined to meet, but their paths crossed…

How it feels

Dark, tense, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Faith, isolation, identity, justice

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

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

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