Friend for an Hour (Season 1)

Friend for an Hour (2023) is a Russian comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Nikolai Sergeevich spent decades running a pediatrics ward, and now he's finally retired — free to travel, take up a hobby, do whatever he likes. Except there are no savings and no family. His wife died a year ago, leaving only a stack of tender letters with advice for the years he has left.

The slow, empty rhythm of retirement wears him down faster than any illness, so he settles on a plan: go join his wife. He throws himself a farewell dinner. Then fate drops a loud, reckless young man named Lyokha into his lap — a guy who hires himself out as a "friend for an hour" — and the quiet ending turns into a wild ride as the two go off the rails together. Sergei Shakurov plays Nikolai, with Boris Dergachyov beside him, under directors Emil Nikogosyan and Alexandr Boykov. A bittersweet 18+ comedy about how it's never too late to start living. Stream Friend for an Hour (2023) online on iFILM.