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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary Charlie (Joséphine Japy) is seventeen and bored. Her estranged parents are too caught up in their own drama to pay her much attention. School holds no surprises either, and Charlie grows tired of her staid friends. Enter Sarah (Lou de Laâge), a confident and charismatic new transfer student who brings with her an alluring air of boldness...

Directed By: Mélanie Laurent

Written By: Anne-Sophie Brasme, Julien Lambroschini, Mélanie Laurent

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 31 m

Breathe

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
78
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 24 User Ratings
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Summary Charlie (Joséphine Japy) is seventeen and bored. Her estranged parents are too caught up in their own drama to pay her much attention. School holds no surprises either, and Charlie grows tired of her staid friends. Enter Sarah (Lou de Laâge), a confident and charismatic new transfer student who brings with her an alluring air of boldness...

Directed By: Mélanie Laurent

Written By: Anne-Sophie Brasme, Julien Lambroschini, Mélanie Laurent

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
15 Reviews
12% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
78
88% Positive
15 Reviews
12% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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90
Sep 17, 2015
The entire piece is precisely woven together, from script to performance to execution, and the result is a chilling study of emotional annihilation and its aftermath.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
83
Oct 6, 2015
Only in its final moments does Breathe extend its reach beyond experiences that most, if not all, teens (and ex-teens) can relate to. When it does, it might just leave you breathless.
By Marc Mohan FULL REVIEW
83
Sep 9, 2015
Breathe, the second feature directed by French actress Mélanie Laurent (best known for playing the vengeful Shoshanna in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds), tackles the subject from a refreshingly novel angle, depicting a platonic friendship that quickly grows toxic.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 10, 2015
Breathe conveys an uncanny insight into the psychology of late adolescence, when lingering childhood fantasies can combust with burgeoning adult sexuality in a swirl of uncontrollable feelings.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 2, 2015
Some of Tarantino’s taste for brutish resolutions seems to have slipped into her otherwise nuanced, sensitive, and unflinching adaptation of this YA novel by French author Anne-Sophie Brasme.
By Peter Keough FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 11, 2015
It's a confident and scary film.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 7, 2015
Aside from the innate understanding of female friendship dynamics, it's hard to see exactly what else Mélanie Laurent brings to this overly familiar story.
By James Lattimer FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 24 User Ratings
6.5
67% Positive
16 Ratings
17% Mixed
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17% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 24 User Ratings
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67% Positive
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17% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Production Company Move Movie, Gaumont, Mely Productions, Canal+, Ciné+, Sofica Manon 4, Région Languedoc-Roussillon, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Release Date Sep 11, 2015
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Lumiere Awards, France
• 2 Nominations
César Awards, France
• 2 Nominations
Provincetown International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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