#SittingAtHome (Season 1)

#SittingAtHome (2020) is a Russian quarantine sitcom you can watch online on iFILM — billed as the first domestic comedy shot entirely over video calls, written and filmed while the lockdown was actually happening. Directed by Olga Frenkel.

Hardware-store chain owner Gennady has to run his collapsing business through a laptop screen. His wife is stranded in Bali and apparently in no hurry to return. Ex-security-service officer Seryoga (Gosha Kutsenko) has dug in at his dacha with a serious alcohol supply and a stream of dubious intelligence. Secretary Yulechka is determined to get one last manicure before civilisation ends. Her secret admirer joins the work video calls from inside a wardrobe — the only space in the house where he can hide from his family. Anna Mikhalcova and Olesya Zheleznyak round out the cast. Stream #SittingAtHome (2020) online on iFILM.