Arrhythmia
2017 · Movie · 116 min · ★ 7.0 · 95% critics
A dedicated paramedic throws himself into saving lives, even as his marriage strains under the weight of long shifts, heavy drinking, and emotional distance. When a new manager imposes strict rules at work, pressure mounts at home and on the job, forcing the couple to confront what still holds them together.
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Details
- Original title
- Аритмия
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-10-12
- Language
- Russian
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (165 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an intimate, tense drama about love under pressure and the toll of emergency work; Not for you if you prefer light stories or neat resolutions, like in My Happy Family.
Pros: raw, human relationships; urgent workplace pressure; emotionally honest tone | Cons: heavy drinking themes; stressful conflicts; bleak mood
Themes
- nurse
- alcohol
- hospital
- paramedic
- emergency
- russian
Awards & recognition
- Nika Award · 2018
- Kinotavr · 2017
- IFFR audience award · 2018 · nominated
Cast & crew
Aleksandr Yatsenko
as Oleg
Irina Gorbacheva
as Katya, Oleg's wife
Nikolay Shrayber
Sergey Nasedkin
Yevgeni Syty
as son of the deceased patient
Polina Volkova
Nadezhda Markina
as Tatyana Mikhailovna, doctor
- PI
Polina Ilyukhina
Maksim Lagashkin
Albina Tikhanova
Directed by Boris Khlebnikov