Doctor Lisa
“One day to save everyone”
Overview
The film is about a day in the life of Elizaveta Petrovna Glinka, also known as Doctor Liza. Moscow, 2012. The Glinka family prepares for a celebration: thirty years together. The closest friends are invited for dinner, the sons have arrived. Of course, Liza has freed up this day for her family. There’s just a trifle: to stop by the Fund and see the weekly patients at the Paveletsky Station. But the days of Doctor Liza are always full of surprises… In a hospital in a Moscow suburb a five-year-old girl is dying. The duty doctor has to discharge Eva. Due to medical formalities the child, who suffers from cancer, is left without painkillers. In utter despair, the girl’s father turns to Liza for help. When Liza cannot find a way to help the child within the system, she decides on a desperate act…
Cast
Chulpan Khamatova
Elizaveta Glinka
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Shevkunov, doctor
Andrzej Chyra
Gleb Glinka
Andrey Burkovskiy
Kolesov
Alexey Agranovich
official
Timofey Tribuntsev
Gena, locksmith
Yelena Koreneva
Volochkova, Liza's patient
Yuliya Aug
head doctor
Tatyana Dogileva
Tanyukha, homeless
Aleksey Vertkov
Lyonya, psychiatrist
Sergey Sosnovsky
homeless
Philipp Avdeev
Mikhail, Eva's father