Thawed Carp

Thawed Carp (Russian: Карп отмороженный, romanized: Karp otmorozhennyy) is a 2017 Russian drama film directed by Vladimir Kott.^[1][2][3]

Thawed Carp
Russian: Карп отмороженный
Directed by	Vladimir Kott
Written by	Andrey Taratukhin Dmitriy Lanchikhin
Produced by	Nikita Vladimirov Maria Averbakh Telman Akavov
Starring	Marina Neyolova Alisa Freindlikh Yevgeny Mironov Anton Shpinkov Tatyana Tuzova
Cinematography	Mikhail Agranovich
Edited by	Alexander Korolev Olga Grinshpun Vladimir Kott
Music by	Ruslan Muratov
Production company	MovieCluster
Release date	November 7, 2017 (2017-11-07)
Running time	101 min.
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

Plot

The film tells the story of a retired teacher in a provincial village, Yelena Nikiforova, who is suddenly given a terminal diagnosis by her doctor. Not wishing to disturb her son who works as a life coach in the city, she sets about organising her own funeral. The carp of the title refers to a carp she is given which she freezes, but which on thawing out turns out to be still alive.^[4][5]

Cast

• Marina Neyolova as Elena Mikhaylovna
• Alisa Freindlikh as Lyudmila
• Yevgeny Mironov as Oleg
• Anton Shpinkov as Pashka
• Tatyana Tuzova as Sveta
• Olga Kozhevnikova as Natasha
• Natalya Surkova as Dormeneyeva
• Tatyana Rasskazova as Faina Pavlovna
• Sergei Puskepalis as Anisimov
• Aleksandr Bashirov as Undertaker^[6]