2012
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 34 m

2012
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 34 m

Summary Breathing is the portrait of an incarcerated teenager attempting to win parole by working at a local morgue. Raised from birth in institutions, he is initially impassive and self-sabotaging in his behavior; soon, though, he begins to respect the solemn work of handling the dead, and starts to come to terms with his own youthful crime. (K...

Drama

Directed By: Karl Markovics

Written By: Karl Markovics

2012
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 34 m

2012
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 34 m

Breathing

Name: Breathing
Genre: Drama
Released: 2012-08-31
Duration: 1 min 34 s
Rating: 66
Cast: Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka, Georg Friedrich, Gerhard Liebmann, Stefan Matousch

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings

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Directed By: Karl Markovics

Written By: Karl Markovics

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews

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Time Out

Aug 28, 2012

An Austrian actor whose Easter-Island mug has graced movies such as the Oscar-nominated "The Counterfeiters" (2007), Markovics shows a keen attention to performers that you'd expect from a thespian-turned-director.

By David Fear FULL REVIEW

The Guardian

Aug 28, 2012

The "breathing" of the title becomes a cleverly recurrent motif, and Markovics's script circles around the themes of death and life in thoughtful and elegant ways: it is a well-carpentered screenplay which bears every sign of having been a labour of love, worked on fruitfully over many years.

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Empire

Aug 28, 2012

Best known until now for Oscar-winning holocaust drama "The Counterfeiters," Karl Markovics flexes his muscles on the other side of the camera with terrific effect. A fine, moving debut for the new writer/director.

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The New York Times

Aug 30, 2012

As a collaboration Breathing owes much to the balanced compositions, lucid imagery and judicious use of color executed by Mr. Gschlacht, who brought a similarly clear gaze to morally fraught work by other Austrian directors (Götz Spielmann's "Revanche," Jessica Hausner's "Lourdes," Michael Glawogger's "Slumming").

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Total Film

Aug 28, 2012

Thoughtfully shot by first-time director Karl Markovics, the only warmth comes from the stiffening cadavers.

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Slant Magazine

Aug 28, 2012

Can a film be faulted for being too sympathetic toward its characters, for limning a milieu with extraneous humanism?

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Village Voice

Sep 4, 2012

A film of unreconciled impulses, Breathing is by turns vaguely sentimental and cooly detached in a manner that's ultimately more off-putting than it is complementary.

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings

7.2

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67% Positive
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Production Company Epo-Film Produktionsgesellschaft, Cine Styria, Filmfonds Wien, Filmstandort Austria (FISA), Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Österreichisches Filminstitut

Release Date Aug 31, 2012

Duration 1 h 34 m

Rating Not Rated

Genres

Drama

Website http://www.kinolorber.com/film.php?id=1280

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Awards

Austrian Film Award, AT

• 6 Wins & 6 Nominations

Jameson CineFest - Miskolc International Film Festival

• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

Cannes Film Festival

• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

Breathing

Top Cast

Thomas Schubert

Roman Kogler

Karin Lischka

Margit Kogler

Georg Friedrich

Rudolf Kienast

Gerhard Liebmann

Walter Fakler

Stefan Matousch

Gerhard Schorn

Luna Zimic Mijovic

Mona

Georg Veitl

Jürgen Hefor

Klaus Rott

Leopold Wesnik

Reinhold G. Moritz

Josef Kallinger

Martin Oberhauser

Gefängniswärter #3

Magdalena Kronschläger

Junge Frau

David Oberkogler

Polizist #1

Michael Duregger

Polizist #2

Peter Raffalt

Richter

Stephanie Taussig

Schwiegertochter

Gabriela Schmoll

Haushaltshilfe

Elena Dörfler

Roberta Fakler

Werner Wultsch

Mann im Jogginganzug

Robert Putzinger

Zugbediensteter

Johann Bednar

Schlossermeister

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