Elena Mihailovna, having worked all her life in the only school of a provincial town, lives modestly in retirement. Unexpectedly she learns of a fatal diagnosis, which can at any moment end her life. Instead of an unbearable anticipation, she resolutely begins the preparation for her own death, in order to simplify the procedure for her son. She has not seen her only son for over five years because he worrks in the capital. Oleg is constantly busy, and he does not have time for his lonely mother. At the same time with all the new problems, the heroine receives as a gift a huge carp, which changes her life.
| Directing | Vladimir Kott | Director |
| Writing | Dmitry Lanchikhin | Screenplay |
| Production | Nikita Vladimirov | Producer |
| Production | Maria Averbach | Producer |
| Writing | Andrey Taratukhin | Novel |
| Production | Telman Akavov | Consulting Producer |
| Camera | Mikhail Agranovich | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ruslan Muratov | Music |
| Art | Alexandr Zagoskin | Production Design |
| Editing | Alexandr Korolev | Editor |
| Editing | Olga Grinshpun | Editor |
| Editing | Vladimir Kott | Editor |
| Editing | Vitaly Vinogradov | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elena Ulyanova | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalya Krymskaya | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Alla Tyaglova | Assistant Director |
| Production | Elena Granovskaya | Casting Director |
| Camera | Roman Korobko | Additional Director of Photography |
| Crew | Oleg Korytin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Ilya Lindberg | Visual Effects |
| Writing | Oksana Karas | Co-Writer |
| Sound | Antonina Balashova | Sound Director |