Underplayed Gems

Better Than Us (2018)

Better Than Us poster
Original title
Лучше, чем люди
Genre
drama television series, science fiction television series, dystopian television series
Country
Russia
Length
1 season, 16 episodes
Rated
12+
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 455 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

In a near-future Moscow, an advanced android designed to feel emotions enters a family's life. The humans around her must confront their own prejudices and fears as they struggle to protect her from those who want to exploit her.

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What happens

Better Than Us (Russian: Лучше, чем люди, romanized: Luchshe, chem lyudi, literally "better than people") is a 2018 Russian science fiction television series created by Andrey Junkovsky, about an advanced empathic android named Arisa. It stars Paulina Andreeva and Kirill Käro, as well as Aleksandr Ustyugov. It was produced by Yellow, Black and White in cooperation with Sputnik Vostok Production for the Russian state channel C1R. Netflix purchased it under the English title Better than Us, and it is the first Russian series presented as a Netflix original series. On 16 August 2019, the first season of sixteen episodes became available to stream in Netflix markets outside of Russia and China. A second season of ten episodes was planned to begin filming in Moscow and Beijing in the third quarter of 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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