Katya, a young librarian, believes in love, but her ideals are crushed by reality. After a string of disappointing affairs, Katya finally finds tenderness and understanding in the arms of her colleague, a journalist called Tanya. But then the First Department interferes: the state security services see this relationship as unacceptable for a Soviet woman.
| Directing | Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Director |
| Writing | Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Screenplay |
| Directing | Jekaterina Oertel | Director |
| Camera | Jürgen Jürges | Director of Photography |
| Art | Denis Shibanov | Production Design |
| Writing | Jekaterina Oertel | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jekaterina Oertel | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Sergey Adonyev | Producer |
| Production | Ilya Khrzhanovsky | Producer |
| Editing | Maya Maffioli | Editor |
