The Challenge
Directed by Klim Shipenko
Produced by Yellow, Black & White, Roscosmos
A high-stakes drama about personal transformation and professional mastery, following a surgeon's month-long journey to overcome self-doubt and perform a life-saving operation in the extreme environment of space.
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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