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Breathing

Play trailer Poster for Breathing 2012,  1h 28m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 90% 21 Reviews Tomatometer 77% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
90% Tomatometer 21 Reviews 77% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
A juvenile delinquent on a work-release program has difficulty holding down a job until he finds his niche at a morgue.

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Catherine Wheatley Sight & Sound Jul 9, 2018
Much is asked of non-professional actor Thomas Schubert and it is ultimately his performance that raises the film to the level of the sublime. Go to Full Review
Michael Nordine Village Voice Sep 4, 2012
A film of unreconciled impulses, Breathing is by turns vaguely sentimental and cooly detached in a manner that's ultimately more off-putting than it is complementary. Go to Full Review
V.A. Musetto New York Post Aug 31, 2012
3/4
Elegant cinematography by Martin Gschlacht, one of Austria's most sought-after lensers, gives "Breathing" added depth. Go to Full Review
Patrick Gamble CineVue Jan 5, 2019
4/5
Behind the film's copious themes and social criticisms lies an intoxicating appreciation of life as a fragile and delicate gift which can so often be taken for granted. Go to Full Review
Isabel Stevens ViewLondon Aug 27, 2018
5/5
Thomas Schubert's turn as Roman that is the stand out feature of the film; everything from his boyish face and vacant stare to his withdrawn body language is entirely convincing. Go to Full Review
Jamie Neish HeyUGuys Aug 14, 2018
4/5
A relaxed, prudent tone is established, allowing for an honest, conceivable and faultless performance to be administered by newcomer Schubert. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Karl Markovics

Director

Thomas Schubert

Roman

Karin Lischka

Margit

Gerhard Liebmann

Walter Fakler

Georg Friedrich

Rudolf Kienast

Stefan Matousch

Gerhard Schorn

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Breathing

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Movie Info

Synopsis A juvenile delinquent on a work-release program has difficulty holding down a job until he finds his niche at a morgue.
Director
Karl Markovics
Producer
Dieter Pochlatko, Nikolaus Wisiak
Screenwriter
Karl Markovics
Distributor
Kino Lorber
Genre
Drama
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 31, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.3K
Runtime
1h 28m
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