Viral Russian Gang Drama Revisits the Ultraviolence of 1980s Kazan
Russia’s leading streaming platforms START and Wink on Thursday released the final episode of “Slovo Patsana” (“The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt”), director Zhora Kryzhovnikov’s gritty crime drama that has taken Russia and much of the former Soviet space by storm. Loosely based on the namesake book by Tatar journalist Robert Garaev, the series explores the thriving gang culture of the republic of Tatarstan’s capital Kazan in the late 1980s which was known as the “Kazan phenomenon.” “Slovo Patsana” set an all-time record in popularity among viewers in Russia i...
Source: themoscowtimes.com