Linar

Italy, Russia 2013 82 minutes
  • Director: Nastia Tarasova
  • Cinematography: Irina Shatalova
  • Editing: Nastia Tarasova
  • Sound: Nelli Ivanova
  • Music: Dmitry Selipanov
  • Production Company: Albatross Film
  • Screening Platform: Adjara TV
  • Screening Date: 2021-10-23
  • Screening Time: 21:00

Heart transplants to children have been banned in Russia since 1993. Linar, a 5-year-old Russian child, while waiting for a new heart, has to live stuck to a huge machine on wheels, that constantly pumps his blood.

He lives all alone in the children’s ward. Linar has been waiting for a year to get a donor heart, but there are no changes in the legislature. The child is feeling from bad to worse. A donor is more and more urgent.