Aritmija
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Als ambulancebroeder is Oleg bevlogen, maar verder lijkt alles in zijn leven te mislukken. Zijn vrouw Katja is zijn drankproblemen zat en wil van hem scheiden. Niet alleen de huwelijkscrisis, ook de commercialiserende verzorgingsstaat zet druk op Oleg. De nieuwe directeur van het ziekenhuis vraagt zijn team elke oproep binnen twintig minuten te klaren, ongeacht de ernst van de situatie. "Stop giving a shit" is wat hij eigenlijk volgens Oleg vraagt. Terwijl Oleg zich verzet tegen deze ontwikkelingen, klampt hij zich stevig vast aan Katja. Op het werk is hij een sympathieke moraalridder, thuis een tikkende tijdbom die het leven van zijn vrouw zuur maakt. Dat gaat onbewust, want door niet mee te gaan met de tijd zet hij alles op het spel. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
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Arrhythmia gives viewers a glimpse of the harsh everyday reality of a young doctor who spends his days riding in an
ambulance and saving people, and his nights saving his relationship – usually in the Russian way with a shot of vodka in
his hand. The emotions and chemistry of the relationship are well portrayed, as are the hardships the doctor faces when
trying to do his job in the face of bureaucratic obstacles. The slight suggestions of humor do not do much to alleviate the
crushing hopelessness of the film. [Karlovy Vary IFF]
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52nd KVIFF – A very decent depiction of pure Russian human suffering amid a block of flats in an unnamed Russian city. Oleg works as a doctor in an ambulance. Katya is a doctor in a hospital. Both of them work for people and they are both completely exhausted from people. Katya would like a more decent life but Oleg drinks like a fish. In the first scene, he convinced me that thanks to his love for alcohol he would drink all bottles of vodka in pubs, nonstop shops, restaurants, and bars Mladá Boleslav has to offer in two hours. On the other hand, I envied him terribly, because he was able to drink liters of vodka and leave in the morning to save people as if nothing ever happened. I drink seven beers on a weekday night and then, in the morning, I have to fight my blanket to let me go to work. Nevertheless, Arrhythmia wasn’t only about the local Russian soul, it was also pretty funny. It kept poking fun at Oleg, which wasn’t entirely funny, but it also indiscriminately teased hypochondriac people, which was funny… very funny.
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This is more so a superficial relationship study in which the daily suffering of doctors dealing with hypochondriacs, complicated acute cases, the unrealistic demands of new leadership, and hysterically distorted complaints of dissatisfied "clients" are shown more than the central couple's relationship problems. There are no big emotions or twists. Yet the plot flows smoothly and at a decent pace and the theme is interesting and touches on many remarkable questions, topics and motifs. However, only a few of them are resolved in the end.
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