What to watch this week? Series premieres December 23—29

December 23, Monday — "Chasing the Wind"

Romance, sports / Tencent QQ

Lin Ge is recommended by Nie Chi to enroll in a sports school and start a career in short track speed skating. Optimistic Lin and determined Nie, under the guidance of coach Fang Shizhong, have grown to become a provincial team despite the challenges: Lin's family problems and the difficulty of team training for Nie. With preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics, they became members of the national team under coach Han Bing. Overcoming injuries, the difficulties of fame, and rivalry, they reached the international stage defending the country's honor.

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December 23 — "Namib"  

Comedy, drama, romance / Ena

A former star producer with a devastated heart and an unstable intern come together as mentor and mentee for a common goal. A fired entertainment executive takes the intern with her in lieu of severance pay, determined to groom him for transfer to another agency. She hopes to earn with the support of her husband, a former music producer, to take care of her son with hearing problems. Over time, the sincerity and support of her mentor helps the intern get closer to her dream.

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December 26, Thursday — "The Road Trip"

Comedy, romance / Paramount+

Addie and her sister are traveling to Spain for a friend's wedding, but they are forced to share the trip with Addy's ex, Dylan, his restless best friend Marcus, and complete stranger Rodney. In a cramped and creaky van, the group confronts a past they've all previously kept secret, and new secrets, and unexpected revelations make the journey even more tortuous.

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December 28, Saturday — "Krasnaya Polyana"

Comedy, adventure / Kinopoisk

Charming adventuress Sasha leaves Moscow and goes to Krasnaya Polyana — a place where sea and mountains, palm trees and snow, bohemian majors and reckless extremists are combined. Planning to settle down at the new place and earn money on the rest of careless tourists, she immediately finds herself in the field of vision of the strict chief of security service of the resort — Mikhalych.

To avoid trouble, Sasha is forced to establish relations with the hotel and casino staff. But the situation turns out to be more complicated: she has to expose a group of blackmailers who control the director of the resort. Sasha escaped from her problems in Moscow, but faced even greater difficulties. Now she has to make the main choice in her life: freedom and financial independence or love and first-found friends.

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