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Breathing Room (1996)

Breathing Room poster
Directed by
Jon Sherman
Genre
romance, comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A cartoonist in New York gives her boyfriend until Christmas to decide if he loves her enough to stay. He teaches English to immigrants and can say 'I love you' in many languages but not his own. The story follows their days of waiting and wondering.

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