The Challenge (2023)

2023 · 164 min · Drama

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?

Directed by Klim Shipenko. Starring Yulia Peresild, Miloš Biković, Klim Shipenko, Alyona Mordovina and Vladimir Mashkov.

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