Breath (2017)

Directed by

Simon Baker

Genre

coming-of-age film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

M

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 92 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two teenage boys in 1970s Australia become obsessed with surfing. An older surfer challenges them to push their limits in the ocean.

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What happens

Breath is a 2017 Australian sports drama film based on the 2008 novel by Tim Winton, and directed by Simon Baker, from a screenplay that Baker and Winton co-wrote with Gerard Lee. Baker also stars in the film alongside Elizabeth Debicki, Samson Coulter, Ben Spence and Richard Roxburgh. It premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and the 2017 Zurich Film Festival. It was released on 3 May 2018 in Australia by Roadshow Films, and on 1 June 2018 in the United States by FilmRise. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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