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.
| Editing | Sergey Ivanov | Editor |
| Production | Vadim Vereshchagin | Producer |
| Production | Roman Stolyarsky | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Sergey Tikhnenko | Editor |
| Production | Natalya Kudryashova | Producer |
| Sound | Kirill Vasilenko | Sound Director |
| Visual Effects | Lyudmila Lisitsina | Visual Effects Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aygul Khabirova | Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | Konstantin Listratov | Visual Effects Producer |
| Camera | Alexander Aleshkovskiy | Additional Director of Photography |
| Production | Vladimir Golov | Casting Director |
| Directing | Natalya Kudryashova | Director |
| Production | Rafael Minasbekyan | Producer |
| Production | Vladimir Kislitsyn | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ekaterina Pavelko | Costume Design |
| Camera | Vasily Grigolyunas | Director of Photography |
| Art | Svetlana Dubina | Production Design |
| Writing | Natalya Kudryashova | Screenplay |
| Production | Dmitry Davidenko | Producer |