Netflix’s series Vongozero – To the Lake was made before Covid, but it’s more like a Black Mirror episode inspired by the pandemic of recent years.
What would have happened to us if a virus with a much higher mortality rate was released to us? “I thought as I stared at the staff list on screen with glassy eyes after the first part of the series. It is not possible to watch the eight-part Russian thriller after Covid without the constant remembrance of our virus, our tragedy. In the meantime, it is impossible not to believe that despite all the pain And the difficulty, we still got away relatively well.
The Vongozero – Escape to the lake Yana Wagner’s novel imagines a reality show as the world’s deadliest virus is unleashed and cripples Moscow in a single day. The heroes of the series – two families who lived a little far from the epicenter of the virus, who had just begun to escape from the virus in time – decided to go to the lake, one of the points in the far north of Russia. Of course, there is no guarantee that the beach hut in Vongozero, one of them, Boris (Yuriy Kuznetsov), will be located even in the north by the time they get there. However, this is perhaps the only real place in their imagination that holds the soul in our heroes.
The disintegration of the state apparatus, the looting of the plundered troops, the internal strife, the turning out of society to be human, all this makes it difficult for the troops in the North. We are at the crossroads of human life and culture, the survival instinct proving to be stronger than our basic social norms and morals.
The series’ incredibly demanding visuals, elaborate characters, and thrilling storytelling elevate the Russian series to the level of a Hollywood production and remind us that a good series can’t be born only in America. The series’ virus story can be anywhere, but the trip is a great way to show us the scratch of the Russian countryside and the Russian soul.
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