Scam (Season 1)

Scam (2021) is a Russian comedy you can watch online on iFILM. For years the three Popov brothers — Vanya, Kostya and Danila — bullied their entire village into silence.

Then the pandemic arrived. The brothers shut themselves indoors, and for the first time in ages the neighbours could breathe. So when quarantine is finally lifted, all 200 villagers quietly agree on a single thing: don't tell the Popovs. What follows is a con pulled off by a whole community, desperate to keep its three troublemakers locked away a little longer. The scheme nearly collapses when the youngest brother falls for a nurse who has just arrived from the city.

The whole joke rides on one mean little premise — an entire village lying in unison for a bit of peace — and it stays funny right up until the lie grows teeth. Directed by Mikhail Starchak, with Sergey Styopin and Danil Steklov. Stream Scam (2021) online on iFILM.