Women's fencing in a confrontation between two swordswomen on sabers, the film stars Svetlana Khodchenkova, Stasya Miloslavskaya, Sergei Puskepalis, and Alexey Barabash.
Aleksandra's path is blocked by another talented athlete - a young and unknown saber fencer Kira Egorova.
She at first refuses, but later agrees and they begin to train secretly from their coach despite Kira's injured knee.
Before the credits, footage is shown with real Olympic fencing champions from Russia.
[8] Stasya Miloslavskaya shared in an interview that the Olympic champion Yana Egorian had chosen the prototype for her character.
Famous personalities of Russia starred in the film On the Edge: the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation and the world champion in fencing on epee Pavel Kolobkov, the Russian sportswoman and TV presenter Mariya Kiselyova.