| Genre: | psychological drama |
| Creator: | Paulina Andreeva Fyodor Bondarchuk |
| Starring: | |
| Composer: | Igor Vdovin |
| Country: | Russia |
| Language: | Russian |
| Num Series: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 8 |
| Executive Producer: | Nastasya Gomiashvili |
| Producer: | Sergey Bondarchuk Alexey Kiselyov Anastasia Koretskaya Vyacheslav Murugov Maxim Rybakov |
| Editor: | Anna Krutiy Alexander Puzyryov |
| Cinematography: |
|
| Runtime: | 52 min. |
| Company: | NMG Studio Videoprokat Studio |
| Channel: | more.tv |
Psycho (Russian: Псих|Psikh) is a Russian drama series directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk. The project is being produced by NMG Studio and Videoprokat Studio. The series became one of the original projects in the more originals line.[1]
The series premiered on November 5, 2020 on the online service more.tv.[2]
Oleg is a 40-year-old in-demand psychotherapist from Moscow. It's hard to make an appointment with him. He seems to his clients to be a successful and independent family man, but at the same time passions are raging inside him, he himself needs qualified specialist help, and his wife went missing a little over a year ago.
Kira, Oleg's mother, is a sexologist and teaches at the university. When she sees that her son misses his missing wife very much, she gives him a doll in the form of a woman. And in this doll Oleg begins to see his wife.
The creation of the series was announced on September 23, 2019 at the presentation of the launch of the online service more.tv in Moscow.[3]
The project became the first series in the filmography of film director Fyodor Bondarchuk.[4] The series was shot according to the script by Paulina Andreeva[5] (Bondarchuk's wife), for whom the project became her debut as a screenwriter. Initially, he did not know who wrote the script (the manuscript was without authorship).[6]
Filming of the series started on October 7, 2019 in the TsUM. With a break in early September 2020 filming was completed.[7] [8] [9] [10]
55 shooting shifts took place in Zaryadye Park, the Shchusev Museum of Architecture, Lytkarino and near Zvenigorod.[11]
In June 2020 the series was presented on the first Russian online content market Key Buyers Event: Digital Edition.[12] [13] [14]
On July 20, 2020 the teaser of the series premiered on the YouTube channel more.tv.[15] [16]