SOFIA'S LAST AMBULANCE
by Ilian Metev
synopsis
In a city where 13 ambulances struggle to serve a burgeoning population of several million, 47-year old Krassi Yordanov is our unlikely hero: chain-smoking and saving lives in a non-stop 48-hour shift. Krassi is the emergency doctor on one of Sofia’s last ambulances and today is the worst day of his life. This is a film about the regular working day of Dr. Krassi, nurse Mila and driver Plamen, a team working on an ambulance in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Struggling against an avalanche of absurdities in a crumbling medical system and scarcely earning enough to make a living, these three are simply trying to do what they do best – save lives.
international title: | Sofia's Last Ambulance |
original title: | Poslednata Lineika na Sofia |
country: | Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany |
sales agent: | Films Boutique |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Ilian Metev |
film run: | 75' |
release date: | DE 14/03/2013 |
cast: | Krassimir Yordanov, Mila Mikhailova, Plamen Slavkov |
cinematography by: | Ilian Metev |
film editing: | Ilian Metev |
producer: | Gotchev Dimitar, Siniša Juričić, Ingmar Trost |
production: | Chaconna Films, SIA Films, Nukleus Film, Sutor Kolonko Filmproduktion |
backing: | Bulgarian Film Center, Croatian Audiovisual Center, Impact Partners, ARTE, WDR, NordRhein-Westfallen |
distributor: | W-film Filmproduction & Distribution |