Pavel Fattakhutdinov born in Sverdlovsk. He graduated from the higher courses of screenwriters and directors (Moscow), the Faculty of Stage Directors (1979). He has received many awards, including the National Award "Laurel".
A story about a very special summer in a life of twelve years old Mishka.
This is a film about two women. Both have lost their loved ones. One in the Great Patriotic War, the other in the Afghan War. Each fate released only a few days of happiness. But both carried their love and loyalty through life. Together with them, we reread letters from the front and relive the happiness of love and the bitterness of loss.
About the life of fishermen on the banks of the great river.