The Challenge (2023)
Original title: Вызов
The Challenge is a 2023 Russian-language drama movie directed by Klim Shipenko, with a running time of 2h 44m. It stars Yulia Peresild, Miloš Biković and Klim Shipenko.
Thoracic surgeon Evgenia Belyaeva has one month to prepare for a flight to the International Space Station, where she must operate on a crew member. Will she be up for the challenge? Can she overcome her fears and insecurities? Will she be able to perform the complicated surgery in zero gravity, and give the cosmonaut a chance to return to Earth alive?
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Cast
- Yulia Peresild as Evgenia Belyaeva
- Miloš Biković as Vladislav Nikolaev
- Klim Shipenko
- Alyona Mordovina
- Vladimir Mashkov as Volin
- Oleg Novitsky as Ivanov
- Anton Shkaplerov as Anton Shkaplerov
- Elena Valyushkina as Galina
- Varvara Volodina as Masha
- Andrey Shchepochkin as Valentin Borisovich
- Aleksandr Baluev as Valentin Borisovich
- Igor Gordin as Dmitriy Yuryevich