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.
Unfortunately the movie The Student is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Production | Vadim Vereshchagin | Producer |
| Editing | Sergey Ivanov | Editor |
| Editing | Sergey Tikhnenko | Editor |
| Production | Roman Stolyarsky | Co-Producer |
| Production | Natalya Kudryashova | Producer |
| Production | Vladimir Golov | Casting Director |
| Visual Effects | Lyudmila Lisitsina | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sound | Kirill Vasilenko | Sound Director |
| Camera | Alexander Aleshkovskiy | Additional Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aygul Khabirova | Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | Konstantin Listratov | Visual Effects Producer |
| Directing | Natalya Kudryashova | Director |
| Production | Rafael Minasbekyan | Producer |
| Art | Svetlana Dubina | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ekaterina Pavelko | Costume Design |
| Writing | Natalya Kudryashova | Screenplay |
| Production | Vladimir Kislitsyn | Producer |
| Production | Dmitry Davidenko | Producer |
| Camera | Vasily Grigolyunas | Director of Photography |