Breathe

With her love he lived.

An adventurous couple refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease, instead celebrating a life of love and human possibility. When the husband is struck down by polio at the age of 28, he is confined to a hospital bed and given only a few months to live. With the help of his wife’s twin brothers and the ground-breaking ideas of an inventor, the couple dare to escape the hospital ward to seek out a full and passionate life together — raising their young son, travelling and devoting their lives to helping other polio patients. Based on the inspiring true story.

117 minutes.
Parental Guidance 7-9.
Biographical, Drama, Romance.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I’ll always look up to you ...

Credits

Cast	Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Ed Speleers, Tom Hollander
Director	Andy Serkis
Screenplay	William Nicholson
Music	Nitin Sawhney
Cinematography	Robert Richardson
Editing	Masahiro Hirakubo
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2017
Produced by	Imaginarium Productions

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama, romance
Language	Low impact, infrequent.
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned	Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material including some bloody medical images
Runtime	118
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 12 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Stephen Dalton 'Breathe' drowns in swamp of saccharine.	10
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Gelukkig lei dié verhaal na kragtige hoogtepunt.	15
24.com Ilan Preskovsky	15
Metacritic.com 28 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 145 critics	13
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Strong performances from Breathe’s well-matched leads help add an edge to a biopic that takes a decidedly heartwarming approach to its real-life story.	13
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	12
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Feel-good romance tackles serious themes, disability rights.	15
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 11 users	13
Rottentomatoes users 3289 users	14
IMDB 4039 Netizens	14
The Movie DB Community	14
Average .. 66%	13