The Paramedic (2020)

Original title

El practicante

Directed by

Carles Torras

Genre

thriller film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

16

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 696 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A paramedic in Barcelona becomes paralyzed from the waist down after an accident. He grows increasingly controlling and dangerous toward his girlfriend as he struggles with his disability.

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What happens

The Paramedic (Spanish: El practicante) is a 2020 Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Carles Torra, written by David Desola and Hèctor Hernández Vicens and starring Mario Casas and Déborah François. Taking place in Barcelona, its plot follows a psychopathic paramedic (Casas) with his girlfriend Vane (François) and a newly acquired disability, as he was rendered paralyzed from the waist down in the wake of an ambulance accident. The Paramedic was released on September 16, 2020, by Netflix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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