Genres
Production Companies
R Media
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Kinoprime Foundation
Central Partnership
The Student (Герда)
Overview
During the day, Lera studies humankind and its needs through opinion polls, which are an educational practice at the institute; at night, she dances under the pseudonym Gerda in a club to support herself and her mother. The people she meets are as unfortunate as her family. Her father has recently left for another woman, but he constantly returns home, unable to make his choice and thereby making the life of close people intolerable. The mother painfully endures the breakup and constantly sleeps, ignoring reality. Lera doesn’t know how to carry on, where to go and what to live for, and — most importantly — how to improve life. The adult world, invariable unfortunate, which Lera observes day and night, seems hopeless.
Key Crew
Producer: Vadim Vereshchagin, Natalya Kudryashova, Rafael Minasbekyan, Vladimir Kislitsyn, Dmitry Davidenko
Director: Natalya Kudryashova
Director of Photography: Vasily Grigolyunas
Screenplay: Natalya Kudryashova
Top Cast
Anastasiya Krasovskaya
Lera
Yura Borisov
Oleg
Darius Gumauskas
Lera's father
Yuliya Marchenko
Lera's mother
Mariya Leonova
Tamara
Julia Ogun
Naomi
Serafima Krasnikova
Nadya
Maksim Stoyanov
Andrey
