Is It Her Own Fault? (Season 1)

Is It Her Own Fault? (Сама виновата?, 2023) is a Russian drama you can watch online on iFILM, built from a notorious case that shook the Moscow region a few years back. A young husband, Dmitry, stands accused of a brutal attack on his wife Margarita — and a whole town, then the whole country, argues over a single word: why.

The story follows a jealous man who plots his revenge down to the minute, so that his wife survives and the charge lands as grievous bodily harm rather than murder, keeping his sentence short. Reporters swarm for details the moment it breaks, and the public verdict twists back onto the victim — exactly the question the title throws out. Anna Glaube plays Margarita and Igor Tsaregorodtsev her tormentor, alongside Olga Kabo, Dmitry Vlaskin and Maria Mironova.

Directed by Sarik Andreasyan, the show isn't after shock for its own sake; it picks apart how society hunts for guilt in the survivor instead of the abuser. The material is heavy and the 18+ rating is no decoration. It's worth your time if you can handle a domestic-violence story told without softening. Stream Is It Her Own Fault? (2023) online on iFILM.