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Khlebnikov masterfully reminds us that, even with the best intentions, something or someone can always get in the way… and perhaps most often it's ourselves.

Arrhythmia Russian filmmaker Boris Khlebnikov reflects on his homeland’s contemporary societal breakdown in this story of a professionally impeccable but personally irresponsible paramedic, whose already strained relationship with his doctor wife is pushed to the breaking point when the healthcare bureaucrac...

Boris Khlebnikov • Director - Interview KARLOVY VARY 2017: We caught up with Russian director Boris Khlebnikov, who is in the Official Competition with his new film, Arrhythmia

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

"Frenetic and kinetic, Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev's camerawork leans towards a documentary-style naturalism that gives Arrhythmia more of a televisual than cinematic look. The patchwork plot is inevitably episodic and a little repetitive, with a few too many scenes that add nothing to the drama besides showing how relationship breakups are often jagged, indecisive, cyclical affairs. Without getting into spoilers, Khlebnikov also serves up a glib resolution that feels a little too sweet and neat considering the vodka-soaked, blood-drenched carnage that preceded it. The wound has been healed for now, but it is hard to believe the stitches will hold."

'Arrhythmia' ('Aritmiya'): Film Review | Karlovy Vary 2017 A hard-drinking paramedic runs into deep trouble both at home and work in director Boris Khlebnikov's prize-winning Russian drama.