Respire (film)
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| Directed by | Mélanie Laurent |
| Produced by | Bruno Levy |
| Screenplay by | Julien Lambroschini Mélanie Laurent |
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Respire by Anne-Sophie Brasme |
| Starring |
Joséphine Japy Lou de Laâge Isabelle Carré Claire Keim |
| Music by | Marc Chouarain |
| Cinematography | Arnaud Potier |
| Edited by | Guerric Catala |
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Move Movie
Gaumont |
| Distributed by | Gaumont |
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91 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | €3.4 million |
| Box office | $1.1 million |
Respire (also known as Breathe) is a 2014 French drama film based on the novel of the same name by Anne-Sophie Brasme. The film was directed by Mélanie Laurent and stars Joséphine Japy, Lou de Laâge, Isabelle Carré and Claire Keim. It was screened in the International Critics' Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. It was also screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. In January 2015, the film received three nominations at the 20th Lumières Awards and also two nominations at the 40th César Awards.
Charlie (Joséphine Japy) is a teenage high school student whose parents are breaking up. At school she is assigned to take care of new student Sarah (Lou de Laâge) who has recently moved from Nigeria, where her mother works, to live with her aunt. The two quickly become inseparable. During All Saints' Day Sarah tells Charlie that her mother is unable to visit and she'll be alone. Charlie invites Sarah to spend time with her mother and her mother's friends for the holiday.
Sarah's attitude towards Charlie abruptly changes when they are on vacation when Charlie introduces Sarah as a classmate and not as a friend. Sarah then alternates between being warm to Charlie and being cold and freezing her out. When they return from their vacation Sarah ignores Charlie and Charlie practices asking her what is wrong when she sees her at school. However, when Sarah gets to school Charlie warmly embraces her acting as though nothing is wrong.
Charlie continues to grow suspicious of Sarah and the way she acts. In front of their group of friends she points out inconsistencies in Sarah's stories about her mother. Sarah casually threatens to tell Charlie's friends about her abusive father, which Charlie confided to her in secret. In order to find out the truth about Sarah, Charlie follows her home from school where she learns she lives in a rough part of town with her alcoholic mother.
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