Underplayed Gems

The Breath (2019)

The Breath poster
Original title
Der Atem
Directed by
Uli M Schueppel
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A documentary in black and white. Different people share fragments of intense life experiences, like a TV host talking about her mother being persecuted by the Stasi and a drummer recalling his own abduction. The stories stay unfinished, tied together by the imagery of winter breath.

contemplativefragmentedintimaterestrainedatmosphericblack-and-whitereflectiveunresolved

What happens

Der Atem ist ein in Schwarz-Weiß gedrehter Dokumentarfilm aus dem Jahr 2019 von Uli M Schueppel. Der Film besteht aus verschiedenen Episoden, in welchen unterschiedliche Menschen über einschneidende Erlebnisse aus ihrem Leben erzählen. So erzählt z. B. die heute bekannte Moderatorin Eva-Maria Lemke über ihre Mutter, die von der Stasi verfolgt und entführt wurde und der Schlagzeuger Uwe Schmidt, wie er als junger Mann vom Wachregiment „Feliks Dzierzynski“ verschleppt und verhört wird. Die Episoden bleiben unauserzählt und verbleiben als Fragmente. Der rote Faden ist der Winteratem, der alles verbindet. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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