Poor people(2016)

Poor People is a Russian comedy series set in St. Petersburg that follows an intelligent but struggling writer who lives in a communal apartment. He works as a ghostwriter—a "literary Negro"—penning an autobiography for Olga Buzova, a prominent media personality. The arrangement becomes his unlikely path to survival in the city, blending dark humor with the absurdities of modern celebrity culture and the gap between public image and private reality. As he navigates this peculiar job, tensions rise between his own ambitions and the demands of his famous client, creating a sharp satirical look at fame, desperation, and the price of artistic compromise in contemporary Russia.