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Russian Doll (2019)

Russian Doll poster
Directed by
Leslye Headland, Jamie Babbit, Natasha Lyonne
Genre
comedy television series
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 15 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 1,016 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A game developer keeps dying and reliving the same night in a time loop. She eventually finds someone else who is stuck in the same cycle.

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What happens

Russian Doll is an American comedy-drama television series, created by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland, and Amy Poehler, that premiered on Netflix on February 1, 2019. The series follows Nadia Vulvokov (Lyonne), a game developer who repeatedly dies and relives the same night in an ongoing time loop and tries to solve it, leading to her finding Alan Zaveri (Charlie Barnett) in the same situation. It also stars Greta Lee, Yul Vazquez, Elizabeth Ashley, and Chloë Sevigny. Its first season received fourteen Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Lyonne. In June 2019, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on April 20, 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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