Sofia's Last Ambulance ( Poslednata lineika na Sofia )

Sofia's Last Ambulance (DVD) (*)

~~$30.99~~ $27.98

Original Title: Poslednata lineika na Sofia
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
77 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
Bulgaria ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
Croatia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Ilian Metev

Written By:
Ilian Metev

Actors:
Mila Mikhailova ..... Mila Mikhailova
Plamen Slavkov ..... Plamen Slavkov
Krassimir Yordanov ..... Krassimir Yordanov

Synopsis:

Sofia's Last Ambulance opens on an ordinary working day of Krassi, Mila and Plamen, the paramedic crew on one of Sofia's dangerously dwindling fleet of emergency ambulances. The medical infra-structure is in ruins and the ambulance services is one of the hardest hit. Soon the daily pressure on the team is revealed in a sequence of absurdities. Unusual for a work about medical services, patients remained tactfully outside of the frame and sensationalism was rigorously avoided. Camera work focused closely on the faces of the ambulance crew to capture changes in their state of mind in their persistent efforts to work despite lack of means, exhaustion and ineffective bureaucracy.

Directed by Ilian Metev. Krassi, Mila, and Plamen are the doctor, nurse, and driver in a paramedic crew in one of Sofia, Bulgaria's dwindling fleet of emergency ambulances. The trio is captured going about their daily routine by several cameras inside the ambulance, and the result is a moving catalog of their emotions and reactions to the serious and absurd situations they encounter-while the patients remain on the edges of the frame.

In a city where 13 ambulances struggle to serve 2 million people, Krassi, Mila and Plamen are our unlikely heroes: chain-smoking, filled with humour, relentlessly saving lives against all odds. Yet, the strain of a broken system is taking a human toll: how long can they keep fixing society's injured until they lose their empathy?

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 08 January, 2014.

Customers who bought this product also purchased

Degree of Murder (DVD)	Berlin Babylon (DVD)	Virgil Widrich: Short Films (DVD)
Wallace Line (DVD)	German Animation Collection (DVD)	Illustrious Corpses (DVD)