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Creator of ‘257 Reasons to Live’ on How Cancer Survivors Inspired Dramedy

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Russian comedy-drama series “257 Reasons to Live,” which will play in competition at Canneseries, follows cancer patient Zhenya after she unexpectedly goes into remission and receives the all-clear.

Unable to believe her luck, Zhenya (played by Polina Maximova) is determined not to waste a minute of her life. She comes across an old notebook she started when she was first diagnosed, containing a bucket list of 257 things she would like to do before she dies.

So she sets out to complete the list. Alexey Lyapichev, the creative producer and lead writer on “257 Reasons to Live,” talks to Variety about the series, which is directed by Maksim Sveshnikov, produced by Yellow, Black and White, Start and Super Production, and sold worldwide by Beta

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