Tenderness (2020): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2020, Tenderness is a drama and comedy series.

What it’s about. During a spur-of-the-moment trip to St. Petersburg, chief financial officer Elena unexpectedly meets the man of her dreams – and then, equally unexpectedly, loses him again. She has nothing to go on, so she breaks out everything she's got to hunt him down: logical deduction, supernatural forces, her friends' help, a new guy she's met, a retreat, and much more. Since she was a little girl, Elena has always "taken life at a march," climbing the career ladder with frankly alarming determination, never letting herself get waylaid by romance or relationships. She's always been like that – right up until this weird, accidental, incredibly lucky meeting. In the new episodes, Elena gets back to hunting down the one that got away, using every aboveground (or underhand) method available to her. She rushes headlong into it, makes mistakes, falls down, but keeps going, making the difficult journey toward love and affection, and, most importantly, finding herself.

Who’s in it. Tenderness stars Viktoriya Isakova as Elena Ivanovna, Konstantin Khabenskiy as voice / Gosha, Evgeny Tsyganov as Prince and Svetlana Khodchenkova as Nadezhda, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 4.2/10, Tenderness has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Tenderness page.

If you liked it. Fans of Tenderness tend to enjoy Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Attack on Titan.