The film's two main protagonists are Russia's best saber fencers. One of them has long been in the limelight, the other only recently made it into the national team and has been winning almost every tournament since. The two athletes begin to fight for supremacy both on and off the arena.
Maria Aleksandrovna Kiselyova is a Russian synchronized swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, three-time world champion, nine-time European champion, Honored Master of Sports (2000), TV presenter and actress. Member of the Moscow City Duma of the VII convocation (2019-2024). In 1996 she entered the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, who graduated in 2002. Three-time Olympic champion (together with Olga Brusnikina), three-time world champion, nine-time European champion, multiple winner of the World and European Cups, winner of the Goodwill Games in 1998, multiple champion of Russia.