« Аритми́я » (original title)
IMDb: 7.4/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
1h 56min | Drama | Russia
Director: Boris
Khlebnikov
Writers: Boris
Khlebnikov, Nataliya Meshchaninova
Stars: Aleksandr
Yatsenko, Irina Gorbacheva, Nikolay Shrayber
A paramedic devoted
to his patients struggles to make time for his wife who begins to believe his
patients are more important to him than she is.
Oleg is a young gifted paramedic. His wife Katya, a doctor,
works at the hospital emergency department. She loves Oleg, but is fed up with
him caring more about patients than her. She tells him she wants a divorce. The
new head of Oleg's EMA substation is a cold-hearted manager who's got new
strict rules to implement. Oleg couldn't care less about the rules - he's got
lives to save. His attitude gets him in trouble with the new boss. The crisis
at work coincides with the personal life crisis. Caught between emergency
calls, alcohol-fuelled off-shifts, and search for a meaning in life, Oleg and
Katya have to find the binding force that keeps them together.
Entrancing.
In June 2017, Arrhythmia won the Grand Prix, Best
Actor (Aleksander Yatsenko) and the Audience Award at the Kinotavr festival in
Sochi, Russia.
At the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival the film
received the award for Best Actor (Aleksander Yatsenko).
It was also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (in the Contemporary World Cinema section).