Hold On to the Ground

A slow, earnest working-class melodrama where brotherly loyalty curdles into rivalry, heavy with dust, longing and quiet resentment.

Created by

Sergey Vinogradov

Genres

Drama

Starring

Evgeniy Tkachuk, Elena Yakovleva

Overview

The year is 2014. The Shalimov brothers are the successors of the working-class mining dynasty in Donbas. The elder Peter is tough as a spring and just as straightforward. His wife Tatiana is raising a son and a daughter. Peter loves his wife, but he's not averse to taking a left turn either. The younger Valek is a charming buffoon, but the soul of the artist is hidden behind the external buffoonery. The brothers work shoulder to shoulder underground, but everything changes after the beautiful Lara appears in the city. Valek falls in love with a girl at first sight, but Peter is also smitten by a stranger from the capital. So Lara unwittingly becomes the cause of the two brothers' enmity: the once-friendly Shalimov family is crumbling before our eyes.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Family, betrayal, love, obsession

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

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

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