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Breathe

Country: France, Language: French, 91 mins

Original Title

Respire
  • Director: Mélanie Laurent
  • Writer: Anne-Sophie Brasme; Julien Lambroschini
  • Producer: Bruno Levy

CGiii Comment

These are [seriously] hard-drinking, heavy-smoking teens...

It starts off jolly enough...two beautiful girls become fast friends...until, the rot sets in!

Jealousies, lies and not-so-unrequited love...motives bounce all over the place, probabilities of the outcome will keep you guessing.

The intensity of the mind-games played...will take your breath away...breathe.

This film is choreographed to perfection...the constant chipping away at confidence is a masterclass in subdued manipulation.

Our only quibble...the camera wobbles too often, reminding you that it is only a film.

Still, it is an intoxicatingly intense film.


Trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

It is tale of two teenage girls who develop an intense and dangerous friendship. Charlie is a 17-year-old girl tortured by doubt, disillusionment and solitude. When the beautiful and self-confident Sarah arrives and the two become inseparable, Charlie is thrilled to feel alive, fulfilled and invincible in their intense friendship. But as Sarah tires of Charlie and begins to look elsewhere for a new friend, their friendship takes an ominous turn.

Cast & Characters

Lou de Laage;
Josephine Japy;
Roxane Duran as Victoire;
Alejandro Albarracin as Esteban;
Isabelle Carre;
Claire Keim