The Side Effect - RTL Hungary's first self-developed weekly series - is about Zoltán (Bálint Adorjáni), who, as a young, successful doctor, makes a malpractice. Fearing the loss of its existence, it makes immoral decisions and thus initiates a series of dangerous events. It is also about Berta (Alexandra Borbély), who dedicated her life exclusively to her family and never received recognition for it. It is also the story of Anna (Dóra Sztarenki), who leaves medium that pulls her back in which she grew up, and takes on the role of motherhood, which she is so terrified of. And the Side Effect is also the tale of the harmonious marriage of Zoltán and Berta, which falls apart before our eyes as a result of lies, temptations and misfortunes. The series is also about those who want a child at all costs, but for biological reasons this is impossible. And about those who rent their bodies to give birth to others, and those who don't want a child and don't understand why others want them at all costs. And those who didn't want to, yet became them. And also for those who don't have kids but are very afraid of what it will be like when it gets. Last but not least, about motherhood, a human reproduction procedure that is like any human invention: it can be used for good and bad, and which is illegal in Hungary and in most countries of the world.

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