To the Lake (Seasons 1–2)

To the Lake (Эпидемия, 2019) is a Russian post-apocalyptic drama you can watch online on iFILM. Directors Pavel Kostomárov and Dmitry Tyurin follow several Moscow families — strangers and estranged relatives alike — as an unknown virus empties the city in days. Kirill Kyaro, Victoria Isakova, Maryana Spivak and Alexander Robak lead the ensemble. Getting out means crossing a country that is closing around them.

The virus is the backdrop. The actual subject is what happens when people who can barely stand each other are forced into the same car for days. Old grievances resurface. Loyalties shift. The group's internal dynamics turn out to be almost as dangerous as the infected zones they pass through.

Released in 2019, the series reached a much wider audience when Netflix picked it up under the title To the Lake — a year before the world learned what a real epidemic looks like at ground level. Russian genre television rarely feels this unglamorous and unsparing about its own people. Stream all episodes of To the Lake online on iFILM.