Morphine (film)

Morphine
Directed by	Aleksei Balabanov
Written by	Mikhail Bulgakov, Sergei Bodrov, Jr.
Starring	Leonid Bichevin, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Andrei Panin
Cinematography	Alexandr Simonov
Release dates	27 November 2008
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

Morphine is a 2008 Russian film by Aleksei Balabanov.

The film is based on semi-autobiographical short stories by Mikhail Bulgakov.

Plot

The film takes place in the early 20th century. A young Russian doctor called Mikhail Polyakov (Leonid Bichevin) arrives at a small hospital in a remote village. Having freshly graduated from medical school, with little experience, he is the only doctor in the rural district. He works hard, earning the respect of his small staff (one paramedic and two nurses).

After an allergic reaction to a diphtheria vaccination, he has his nurse Anna give him morphine to negate the effects. Gradually he slips into addiction.

External links

Official film website
Morfiy at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Aleksei Balabanov

Earlier it was a different time (1987)
I have no friend (1987)
Nastya and Yegor (1989)
From the History of Aerostatics in Russia (1990)
Happy Days (1991)
The Arrival of a Train (segment "Trofim") (1995)
Brother (1997)
Of Freaks and Men (1998)
Brother 2 (2000)
War (2002)
The River (2002)
Dead Man's Bluff (2005)
It Doesn't Hurt Me (2006)
Cargo 200 (2007)
Morphine (2008)
The Stoker (2010)
Me Too (2012)

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