A series about spies in the USSR has been released, where the star of "Game of Thrones" pretends to be a Belarusian from Polotsk

Photo: screenshot from the trailer

«Ponies» is an eight-part spy thriller, the action of which takes place in Moscow in the 1970s. Two American women live there, played by British "Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke and American Hayley Lu Richardson.

The girls are secretaries at the American embassy, their husbands also work there — although, it seems, their tasks in the USSR are more complex and dangerous. When the men suddenly die, Clarke and Richardson's characters leave the USSR, but then return to Moscow to try and find out what happened to their husbands.

However, to return to the USSR, they need to take on the role of spies. They are far from the stereotypical super-agents often depicted in spy thrillers.

Emilia Clarke's character's task is to get close to a promising KGB officer. But here's the problem: although the girl knows Russian, she can't master the required accent. What to do? It's simple: she herself suggests a cover story, as if she came to Moscow from Belarus. And later she clarifies where from: "Polotsk, Vitebsk region."

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Photo: screenshot from the trailer

When Clarke's character tries to seduce the same KGB officer, he is slightly surprised by her ardor and asks: "Are all girls there like that in Belarus?" "Nadzya from Polotsk" replies: "No, that's why I left."

A fragment from the first episode went viral online, where Clarke's character argues with a vendor at the market about eggs — the vendor tries to sell the American woman a half-empty carton, which also contains two broken eggs. You can judge what Clarke's "Belarusian" accent actually sounds like:

Another character in the series is actually connected to Belarus; after cooperating with the CIA, she boards a train to Vitebsk and goes "to her village."

Critics received the series well: they note the charisma of Clarke and Richardson, the good script, and a great soundtrack (for example, you can hear Anna German). They also talk about the chemistry between the main stars, thanks to which this story of female friendship looks completely natural.

In recent years, Western screenwriters have often started mentioning Belarus in their projects. Most often, our country is shown as a place where laws do not work — for example, as in the series "The Morning Show", where Reese Witherspoon's character was imprisoned for her journalistic work. But the case of "Ponies" shows that such a perspective is not mandatory.

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