The Paramedic
2020 film directed by Carles Torras
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.
Plot
Ángel Hernández is a paramedic who lives with his girlfriend Vanesa (Vane) François. Ángel is unempathetic towards his patients and steals from them, selling the more valuable items to a local fence. At home, he is possessive and controlling towards Vane. The couple is trying for a baby without success. Ángel tells Vane it's her fault and even suggests her inability to get pregnant is psychosomatic. He then takes a fertility test and discovers that he has a low sperm count, but does not tell Vane.
One day, while taking an injured patient to a hospital, the ambulance (driven by his colleague Ricardo) is involved in an accident, and Ángel is left paralyzed from the waist down and uses a wheelchair.
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