The Bulgarian filmmaker Iilam Metev was behind one of this year's 'smallest' films, but one of the greatest surprises at Cannes with 'Sofia Last Ambulance', which sensationally took part in the festival's 'Critic's Week' as only the second documentary ever. The film is, in all its simplicity, about what happens when two million people share only 13 ambulances. This is namely the case in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, where dedicated rescuers spend 48 hour shifts hurtling around the bumpy roads of the city to take care of small and large accidents. We follow the doctor Krassi, the nurse Mila and the ambulance driver Plamen during a normal working day, as they without a GPS and a proper radio link are struggling to save lives both inside and outside their ambulance, while they struggle to get their everyday lives to function. With each their character and feature, they complement each other wonderfully on their journes from one end of the city to the other. Mila is the heart, who keeps the troops together, and in a loving and direct way looks after the patients at the back of the car. Krassi, the chain-smoking hero, carries with him equipment and medicine that he has paid for with his own salary, as the state can not afford these kinds of things. An Plamen makes sure that he, cold and concentrated, can transport people around safely in his ambulance. Together, they form a strong team, but as a spectator you are forgiven for wondering how long they will endure.

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