An innocent man escapes two decades of imprisonment in Siberia with knowledge that could imbalance the global economy.

 

He must wrestle with his desire to wreak retribution on the family that put him there, and an unexpected opportunity for catharsis and redemption.

Set in England, Russia and America, Animus is an epic drama exploring the cataclysmic repercussions that occur when we unearth the past, the nature of revenge, and the conflict that arises when a good man tries to be bad.

Unfolding over ten one-hour episodes, this is a modern re-imagining of The Count of Monte Cristo, chronicling the disastrous rupture of a childhood friendship, imprisonment, escape and the all-consuming desire to exact a terrible comeuppance – set against a backdrop of money and power.

The series explores themes like the fallibility of memory; of family and its fracture; of the different ways events can damage lives; and the ineluctable repercussions that ensue from past actions.

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The first episode is called Emergo:

 

The perfect lives of three siblings, heirs to a Russian oligarchy, are unwittingly threatened by a mysterious figure from their distant past.