RFW: Thawed Carp

Russian Film Week: Screening of the film “Thawed Carp”

In Russian with English subtitles.

Running time: 1h 41min
12+
Year: 2017
Country: Russia
Director: Vladimir Kott
Screenplay: Dmitriy Lanchihin, Oksana Karas, Andrey Taratuhin
Producers: Nikita Vladimirov, Maria Averbah
Cast: Marina Neyolova, Alisa Freindlich, Evgeniy Mironov, Sergey Puskepalis

Elena Mikhailovna, having worked all her life in the only school of a provincial town, lives modestly in retirement. She is diagnosed with a fatal illness, that could end her life at any moment. Instead of an unbearable anticipation, she resolutely begins the preparation for her own funeral, in order to simplify the procedure for her only son, whom she hasn’t seen for over five years. Unexpectedly Elena Mikhailovna receives as a gift a huge carp, which changes her life.