Boris KHLEBNIKOV
Борис ХЛЕБНИКОВ
Boris KHLEBNIKOV
Russia, 2017, 116mn 
fiction
Arrhythmia
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Аритмия

 

 Arythmie

 Aritmya

 
Directed by : Boris KHLEBNIKOV (Борис ХЛЕБНИКОВ)
Writing credits : Boris KHLEBNIKOV (Борис ХЛЕБНИКОВ), Natalya MESHCHANINOVA (Наталия МЕЩАНИНОВА)
 
Cast
Aleksandr YATSENKO (Александр ЯЦЕНКО) ...Oleg, doctor
Irina GORBACHOVA (Ирина ГОРБАЧЕВА) ...Katia, Oleg's wife
Nikolay SHREIBER (Николай ШРАЙБЕР)
Sergey NASSEDKIN (Сергей НАСЕДКИН)
Maksim LAGASHKIN (Максим ЛАГАШКИН)
Aleksandr SAMOYLENKO (Александр САМОЙЛЕНКО)
Albina TIKHANOVA (Альбина ТИХАНОВА)
Anna UKOLOVA (Анна УКОЛОВА)
 
Cinematography : Alisher KHAMIDKHODZHAEV (Алишер ХАМИДХОДЖАЕВ)
Production design : Olga KHLEBNIKOVA (Ольга ХЛЕБНИКОВА), Alana SNETKOVA (Алана СНЕТКОВА)
Editing : Ivan LEBEDEV (Иван ЛЕБЕДЕВ), Yulia БАТАЛОВА (Юлия БАТАЛОВА)
Produced by : Ruben DISHDISHIAN (Рубен ДИШДИШЯН), Sergey SELIANOV (Сергей СЕЛЬЯНОВ)
Production : CTB, Марс Медиа Энтертейнмент / Mars Média Entertainement,Кинокомпания СТВ совместно с Дон-Филм / Пост Контрол (Don Films / Post Control) (Финляндия/Finlande) и Колор оф Мэй (Color of May) (Германия/Allemagne)
Film revenue in Russia : 1.595 million dollars
Spectators : 321 171
Release date in Russia : 12/10/2017
 
Sites : Page sur Allociné, page sur IMDb
Release date in France : 2018-08-01, Site

Awards :
First prize Etoiles et Toiles du Cinéma Européen au cinéma Odyssée, Strasbourg (France), 2020
Audience Award Festival de films russes Kinorama au cinéma Royal de Biarritz, Biarritz (France), 2019
Best actress Irina GORBACHOVA , Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2018
Best actress Irina GORBACHOVA , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2018
Best actor Aleksandr YATSENKO , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2018
Best Screenplay Natalya MESHCHANINOVA , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2018
Best film "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2018
First prize Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2017
Best actor Aleksandr YATSENKO , Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2017
First prize Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2017
FIPRESCI Prize Eurasia International Film Festival, Actana (Kazakhstan), 2017
First prize Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2017
Best film Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2017
Best actor Aleksandr YATSENKO , Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2017
Audience Award Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2017
Press award Festival européen des Arcs, Les Arcs (France), 2017
Best film Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2017
Best directing Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2017
Best Screenplay Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2017
Best actress Irina GORBACHOVA , Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2017
Best actor Aleksandr YATSENKO , Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2017

Note :
In this compelling, relatable drama, writer-director Khlebnikov trains his frenetic lens on Oleg, a hard-charging, rule-breaking Russian paramedic determined to save lives at any cost. But the stressful nightly calls fuel a destructive alcohol dependency, which, in turn, threatens his marriage to a promising young doctor. Beneath Oleg’s brash exterior lies a punishing self-doubt, but love offers a chance at redemption.

DVD with subtitles
Editor : Epicentre Films. 2020. Titre : Arythmie.
Sous titres Français, Anglais et pour les sourds et malentendants

Plot synopsis
Oleg is not even thirty. He is a talented medical doctor and works for the emergency service, rushing from patient to patient. Oleg knows: his arrival can change everything. Every single success makes the world better. And importantly, often he tries the impossible. The rest can wait: family, career, life… What happened with his life? While Oleg saved others, his wife has despaired and applied for a divorce; and the new manager in the hospital is concerned only with statistics and regulations. But Oleg rushes from one call to the next, races along the road — to change everything. And who knows what′s easier: to save others or to save oneself?
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Commentaries and bibliography
Cinq films russes récents à découvrir sur Amazon Prime Video, Nikolaï KORNATSKI, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2023
Top 5 Russian movies you can watch on Amazon Prime Video right now, Nikolai KORNATSKY, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2023
Les sept meilleurs films consacrés à la réalité russe, Ekaterina SINELCHTCHIKOVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2019
« Arythmie » : dans la veine d’« Urgences », la vodka en plus, Thomas SOTINEL, Le Monde, 2018
«Arythmie», ce film russe qui répare les vivants et dissèque les âmes, Oxana BOBROVITCH, Sputnik, 2018
Aritmia (Аритмия), mais synchro quand même, Emmanuel GRYNSZPAN, SUR LES ECRANS RUSSES, 2017
Boris Khlebnikov – “Arythmie, Eugénie ZVONKINE, culturopoing.com, 2017
Boris Khlebnikov: Arrhythmia (Aritmiia, 2017), Birgit BEUMERS, Kinokultura, 2017
Кинотавр-2017: «Аритмия» Бориса Хлебникова, Василий СТЕПАНОВ, seance.ru, 2017
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian Film Festival For Another Russia, Paris (France), 2022
- Etoiles et Toiles du Cinéma Européen au cinéma Odyssée, Strasbourg (France), 2020
- Russian film festival in Ajaccio, Ajaccio (France), 2019
- Festival de films russes Kinorama au cinéma Royal de Biarritz, Biarritz (France), 2019
- Days of Russian cinema, Aix les Bains (France), 2019
- Russian Film Festival, Orléans (France), 2019
- Russian film symposium. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (USA), 2019
- Brussels International Film Festival. BRIFF, Brussels (Belgium), 2018
- Shangai International Film Festival, Shangai (China), 2018
- Novy Rusky Film, Prague (Czech Republic), 2018
- Nantes Russian Film Festival, Nantes (France), 2018
- Release in France of the film, Different cities (France), 2018-08-01
- Days of Russian cinema in Limoges, Limoges (France), 2018
- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2018
- Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam (Netherlands), 2018
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2018
- Independant European Film Festival VOICES, Vologda (Russia), 2018
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2018
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2018
- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2018
- Göteborg International Film Festival, Göteborg (Sweden), 2018
- Film Festival Black Movie, Geneva (Switzerland), 2018
- Yerevan International Film Festival "Golden Apricot", Yerevan (Armenia), 2017
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2017
- Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto (Canada), 2017
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic), 2017
- Soirées du cinéma russe de Bordeaux, Bordeaux (France), 2017
- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2017
- Arras International Film Festival, Arras (France), 2017
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2017
- Festival européen des Arcs, Les Arcs (France), 2017
- Tbilisi International Film Festival, Tbilisi (Georgia), 2017
- Russische Filmwoche in Berlin, Berlin (Germany), 2017
- FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus (Germany), 2017
- Haifa International Film Festival, Haifa (Israel), 2017
- Eurasia International Film Festival, Actana (Kazakhstan), 2017
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2017
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2017
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2017
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2017
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2017
- International Zurich Film Festival, Zurich (Switzerland), 2017
- Odessa International Film Festival, Odessa (Ukraine), 2017
- Russian Film Week in London, London (United Kingdom), 2017
- Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago (USA), 2017

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