I started watching the Russian Netflix series To the Lake, and I thought the first episode was really good. Looks like a lot of money spent on it, with some flashy camera moves and fancy shots showing directorial flair which I didn't really expect from a series from that part of the world.
A few other observations:
* angry Russian language sounds really angry. I guess angry German does too. Is there just something about the tone of certain languages which make them sound scarier than others when the speaker is upset?
* interesting to see wealthy characters in a Russian story, and the wealthiest played as dislikeable. (Maybe there is a redemption arc coming up though?) The show seems to pull no punches about corruption, crime and how quickly the place would fall apart if under disaster pressure a tad higher than that presented by COVID-19. I doubt that Putin likes it.
* why is Googling bringing so few American reviews for it? It has been released there, but I can't spot mainstream media outlets reviews at all. That's odd, isn't it?
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