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Breathing(Atmen)

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Austria · 2011
1h 34m
Director Karl Markovics
Starring Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka, Georg Friedrich, Gerhard Liebmann
Genre Drama

Roman Kogler is a 19-year old in a juvenile detention facility who is attempting to find a job before his parole hearing. First he interviews at a metalworking factory, lying about his welding skills, and later finds a job at a mortuary. He attempts to build a new life, but struggles with his guilt.

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Village Voice by

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.

80

Time Out by David Fear

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.

80

Empire by David Parkinson

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.

80

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

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.

75

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

The new film's strongest point is the assured performance by Schubert, who's in nearly every frame. Elegant cinematography by Martin Gschlacht, one of Austria's most sought-after lensers, gives Breathing added depth.

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