Breathing

A sober drama about a 19-year-old who after being released from prison struggles to deal ith both his own guilt and his ability to connect to the outside world.

"Traces a young man’s dawning apprehension of life beyond the state institutions and prisons that have shaped him. A directorial debut for Austrian actor Karl Markovics, Breathing impressed all who saw it at Cannes, including the Directors’ Fortnight jury who awarded it the European Film prize." (Source: NZ International Film Festival 2011)