Oleg is a young gifted paramedic. His wife Katya works as a nurse 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 department 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 up between their patients, alcohol-fueled off-shifts, and an evolving health care system, Oleg and Katya have to find the binding force that will keep them together. Les Arcs European Film Festival (2017) Natalia Drozd (producer)UGC – IN THE PRESENCE OF :
STARRING
Alexander Yatsenko
Irina Gorbacheva
DIRECTOR
Boris Khlebnikov
WRITERS
Natalia Meshchaninov
Boris Khlebnikov
PHOTOGRAPHY
Alisher
Khamidkhodzhaev
FILM EDITING
Ivan Lebedev
Yulia Batalova
SOUND
Jeanne Laine
PRODUCER
Don Films
Mars Media
Entertainment
CTB Film Company
Post Control
Color of May
SALES
Indies Sales
Boris Khlebnikov
Boris Khlebnikov is Russian director and screenwriter born in 1982. He broke out internationally in 2003 with the now classic Roads to Koktebel (co-directed with Alexei Popogrebsky), which was awarded at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Five films later, he returns to the festival’s competition with his sixth feature Arrhythmia.
FILMOGRAPHY
2003: Koktebel
2006: Svobodnoe plavanu
2017: Arrythmia