The Paramedic

The Paramedic
Film poster
SpanishEl practicante
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Directed by
  • Carles Torras
Screenplay by
  • David Desola
  • Hèctor Hernández Vicens
  • Carles Torras
Starring
Production
companies
  • Babieka Entertainment
  • Zabriskie Films
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • September 16, 2020 (2020-09-16)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

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.