The Paramedic

The Paramedic is a 2020 Spanish psychological thriller film directed by , written by David Desola and Hèctor Hernández Vicens and starring Mario Casas and Déborah François. The Paramedic was released on September 16, 2020 by Netflix. Plot Ángel Hernández is a paramedic who lives with his girlfriend Vanesa (Vane) François. Ángel has an unempathetic attitude towards his patients and steals from them, selling the more valuable items to a local fence. At home, he is possessive and controlling towards Vane. The couple are trying for a baby without success. Ángel tells Vane it's her fault and even suggest her inability to get pregnant is psychosomatic. He then takes a fertility test and discovers that he has a low sperm count, but does not tell Vane. One day, while taking an injured patient to hospital, the ambulance (driven by his colleague Ricardo) is in an accident and Ángel is left paralysed from the waist down and uses a wheelchair. He blames Ricardo and is unable to forgive him. His disability puts a strain on his relationship with Vane, and he becomes increasingly more paranoid that she is cheating on him. He seems to enjoy berating, mocking, and gaslighting her. Vane works at a call centre at night, and Ángel installs spyware on her phone to keep tabs on her.