Directed by
Boris Khlebnikov
Produced by
Ruben Dishdishyan
Sergey Selyanov
Natalia Drozd
Aleksi Hyvärinen
Toni Valla
Eva Blondiau
Written by
Boris Khlebikov
Natalia Meshchaninova
Featuring
Alexander Yatsenko
Irina Gorbacheva
Presented by


2017 | Russian | Russia/Finland/Germany
ARRHYTHMIA, Boris Khlebnikov’s explosive portrait of a fractured marriage, follows the young, gifted paramedic Oleg (Alexander Yatsenko) and his wife Katya (Irina Gorbacheva), who works as a nurse in the hospital’s emergency department. Headstrong, impulsive, and willing to bend the rules when necessary, Oleg frequently runs afoul of the new management that is trying to implement absurdly strict new rules that prioritize bureaucracy over the patients’ well-being. As their professional and personal lives collide, Oleg and Katya must deconstruct their familiar spaces in order to rebuild their marriage in Khlebnikov’s intriguing commentary on the anatomy of a relationship.