This week, the final episode of "Plevako" with Sergei Bezrukov was shown on Premier streaming. We decided to recall seven more successful series that the platform released over the years.
Premier has released the series "Plevako," in which Sergei Bezrukov takes a creative approach to the gray routine of legal proceedings. Read more about the project in the link. Now let's move on to the main hits of the streaming service, including folk comedies, auteur thrillers, and cozy projects about the 90s.
The first episodes of the legal procedural "Plevako" have been released on the Premier platform, in which Sergei Bezrukov takes a creative approach to the gray routine of legal proceedings.
Open material"House Arrest" (2018, 1 season)
The satirical comedy by Pyotr Buslov is the director's second undeniable hit after "Boomer." The plot follows the mayor of a small town (Pavel Derevyanko) who is caught taking bribes and sentenced to house arrest at his place of residence. But the only place where the corrupt official is actually registered is a room in a communal apartment where he was born and raised. The neighbors in the communal apartment are incredibly happy about this, seeing it as an opportunity to get even for all their problems at once.
A topical satirical comedy that not only gained "folk" status but also won a whole bouquet of various television awards. Anecdotal situations, truly Gogol-esque characters, a collective portrait of society in one small communal apartment. Humor, as the main tool of "House Arrest," clearly outlines the thesis that laughter can not only expose but also inspire hope for change.
"Call DiCaprio" (2018, 1 season)
Another undeniable hit from Premier, which was praised by both critics and viewers. The plot centers on a young and popular actor, Yegor Rumyantsev (), slightly dazed by the fame that has fallen on him. Yegor disrupts filming, is rude to directors, leads a promiscuous sex life, and eventually finds out he has HIV.
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Open materialThe series was directed by Zhora Kryzhovnikov (), who thoroughly trampled on the TV soap that flooded the screens at the end of the 2000s. The setup of "Call DiCaprio" looks about the same, but the further the plot twists, the deeper Kryzhovnikov immerses the viewer in an uncomfortable psychological game, in which Petrov's hero at every step has to face the consequences of his momentary desires, losing control not only of his own life but also dooming his loved ones to the same.
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Open material"World. Friendship. Gum" (2020, 3 seasons)
A series about the adventures of 14-year-old Sasha Ryabinin (Yegor Gubarev) and his friends in the realities of the early 90s. The project by Ilya Aksyonov and Anton Fedorov was one of the first to deeply explore this topic and showed how the wild times were experienced not by adults, but by children. So to speak, to look at them not head-on, but from the bottom up. It is this quality that allows the creators to slightly lower the degree of seriousness, squint, close themselves off from real horror, and remember that for today's 40-year-olds, this was a time of childhood and youth.
Sanka and his friends not only witness new realities against the backdrop of first love, timid kisses, and vows of loyalty. They also learn to survive, look into the eyes of hopelessness with defiance, and make plans for the future, despite everything.
"Dyatlov Pass" (2020, 1 season)
An ambitious, bold, and undoubtedly talented project from Premier. A true gem of streaming to date. The tragedy of 1959, which occurred with nine students of UPI, has by now become so overgrown with versions, guesses, theories, and conjectures that it could not help but spill out in the form of an artistic project.
The series bizarrely combines chthonic mysticism, sci-fi horror, drama, and even some pieces of survival movie. It has everything: from mysterious lights in the sky above Mount Otorten to flying squads of UralLAG, chasing escaped prisoners with machine guns at the ready. And some scenes are copied with frightening accuracy from world-famous photographs taken by the participants of the hike.
"YUZZZ" (2021, 1 season)
The main character of the series is a young man named Ravil (Kuzma Kotrelev). He lives in a bedroom community of Rostov-on-Don, works as a programmer, and dreams of moving to the USA. While waiting for the right grant, Ravil starts working as a courier, and at the same time falls in love with the daughter of a local crime boss (Maria Matsel) and gradually gets drawn into criminal showdowns of street gangs in the "South-West" district.
The series from the Premier platform and director Stas Ivanov perfectly fits into the lineup of similar projects about street teenagers released in the last decade. Often their plots are as similar as twin brothers. Therefore, the creators focus on small details, special "tricks," or, as in the case of "YUZZZ," local flavor.
Rostov-on-Don in the series is not just a location. It is urban romance, a special rhythm of life, a bold line. The setting where a Shakespearean plot about Romeo and Juliet unfolds under the hot southern sun of Russia. It is a drama about love, difficult choices, and consequences, about the fact that the world of crime is a path to nowhere. But often there is no alternative to this in the gray blocks of a remote district.
"The Flight" (2019, 1 season)
Six office clerks from a construction company go on a business trip to Perm but miss their plane. A little later, it turns out that the plane they were supposed to fly on crashed. All six realize that life is giving them a second chance, which they cannot miss. Against the backdrop of gray prospects, they suddenly found hope. And now every day is a step towards a different future that once never came true.
The series from the Premier platform was directed by Pyotr Todorovsky (, "The Big") for whom "The Flight" became his directorial debut. Todorovsky skillfully combined a philosophical drama about fate and the fatum that pursues a person with an intriguing detective story and non-linear narrative, significantly expanding the boundaries of the genre and involving a wide audience.
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Open material"The Flight" is not just an engaging, thoughtful, and well-crafted spectacle. It is also a behavioral analysis of a person who has unexpectedly survived the chaos of postponed death and rushes to break out of everyday routine, not realizing that in the desperate search for another life, one can also go too far.
"The Drip Doctor" (2022, 1 season)
Young anesthesiologist Vanya (Denis Prytkov) works in a Moscow clinic and is very faithful to the Hippocratic Oath. He is always ready to help a person, even if it requires violating some procedural norms. The young specialist is noticed by the head physician of the clinic, and through simple manipulations (Vanya was denied a loan, and he kindly offered the necessary amount) involves him in his profitable business of giving IV drips to wealthy patients suffering from binge drinking.
"The Drip Doctor" rightfully belongs to the golden fund of Premier series, because the director of the project, Ilya Aksyonov ("Rodnye," "Polyarny"), does not stop at any particular genre. It is a drama about a doctor tormented by a dark past who saves people in the hope of saving himself, a tightly wound thriller about corruption and moral decay, and at some moments even a slapstick comedy. Everyone can find something familiar for themselves.
The series is also charming because it does not try to punch above its weight and does not create unnecessary fog. It is a solid story from a director who knows exactly what the strength of good cinema is. In simplicity and sincerity. And a little bit in the ability to keep a finger on the pulse of modern high society.
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