Breathe In (film)
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| Directed by | Drake Doremus |
| Produced by | Jonathan Schwartz Andrea Sperling Steven Rales Mark Roybal |
| Written by | Drake Doremus Ben York Jones |
| Starring |
Guy Pearce Felicity Jones Amy Ryan Mackenzie Davis |
| Music by | Dustin O'Halloran |
| Cinematography | John Guleserian |
| Edited by | Jonathan Alberts |
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Indian Paintbrush
QED International Super Crispy Entertainment Jonathan Schwartz/Andrea Sperling Productions |
| Distributed by | Cohen Media |
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97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $298,445 |
Breathe In is a 2013 American romantic drama film co-written with Ben York Jones and directed by Drake Doremus and starring Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, and Amy Ryan. The film is about a high school music teacher who has an affair with a foreign exchange student from England who is his daughter's age, due to his disillusion with his life and their shared love of music. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2013—the director's third film to play at the festival.
Keith Reynolds is a high school music teacher married to Megan and living in a small town an hour and half from New York City. He has given up a career as a musician following the arrival of their daughter. Lauren is very nearly 18 and is a champion swimmer. In his spare time, he substitutes for a cello player in an orchestra and is applying for a permanent role. Keith finds his life frustrating, resents his job as a teacher, and his wife's dismissal of his music playing. He wants to move back to the city and work as a musician but his wife Megan refuses to consider this as she disliked the uncertainty of the income and the lifestyle.
The family is to host a foreign exchange student, Sophie, for one semester. When Sophie arrives she is disappointed by the distance from Manhattan which she wanted to visit. Sophie's mother died when she was very young and she was raised by her Uncle and Aunt. Her Uncle introduced her to the piano but has recently died, affecting Sophie badly. Sophie tells her aunt that she is not practising her music because she doesn't know who she is playing for any more.
Sophie reveals to Keith that she is an accomplished musician and they bond over their mutual interest. While they are alone at the house, she tells Keith about the death of her Uncle and that she wants to choose to play music. Sophie is unsure and has lost her purpose following her Uncle's death, so she doesn't play. Keith has chosen not to play for the sake of his family.
Keith and Sophie embark on a love affair, spending time together talking about running away together. Lauren discovers this and reveals her knowledge to Sophie who panics and tells Keith she must leave. Keith tells her he will run away with her. They plan to meet in New York City after a performance, packing their things.
Lauren, angry at her Father and having been spurned by Aaron, gets drunk and crashes her car. At the same time, Megan discovers Keith and Sophie's affair and their plan to run away. While she is smashing things around the house in anger, she gets a call telling her Lauren is hurt and in hospital.
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