An Ordinary Woman

I like it is not from usa.+1 for "real life" looks.

As some black humor.

Too slow at times.

Cynical look at Russian negotiations under the table .

Decent cast.

Very recommended!

This is a tragedy. Tragedy in each fragment. You look without stopping, everything is interesting in the plot.

I've never been into series a great deal, and now I know why: it just eats up too much ( life) time. Even if one is not that hugely impressed it does draw you in and you want to see how it's ending.

About this one in particular: I would describe it a typical kind of tv fodder. The most interesting aspect about it is that it seems to describe life in nowaday russia fairly accurately - someone is always counting huge wads of cash and there seems to be corruption just about everywhere. I am surprised that they got away with this - censorshipwise. It's not overly violent and there is - surprising for it beeing about a madam running a ring of prostitutes - not a blink of nudity. Maybe that' s why.

The acting I found generally pretty excellent and it makes a nice change to have women pulling the main strings. From this aspect it is almost something of a feminist sort of film.

It's a series about modern Russia, corruption, cynicism of people who have accustomed to the surrounding environment in order to survive. It's a tragedy about women of all walks of life but a tragedy not without humour. Great acting by pretty much everyone in the film makes it that much better to watch. I enjoyed it thoroughly, highly recommended!

Now on the end of 2022 I fall into this series and I think it's incredible how it's mirroring the Russian society! It's entertaining for sure, but the most interesting is how the filmmakers show this society wich a very clear eye. It's like a mafia state, more corrupted than you can imagine and people battle for there rights and try to make a living with very little hope. Excellent to see this from Russia without any hope for the close future. It's very political I'm aware about this ... the characters in this series are very good and excellently played. Depressing for sure to see how people try to survive but I'm hooked to see how they succeed. If you have the chance to see it , go for it ... I saw it on ARTE TV.