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Breathe In

Breathe In

Drama · 2013

When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.

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Breathe In

2013 Drama 1h 38m

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5.9 / 10

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When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.

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Directed by

Drake Doremus

Written by

Ben York Jones · Drake Doremus

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce

Keith Reynolds

Felicity Jones

Felicity Jones

Sophie

Amy Ryan

Amy Ryan

Megan Reynolds

Mackenzie Davis

Mackenzie Davis

Lauren Reynolds

Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle MacLachlan

Peter Sebeck

Ali Wentworth

Ali Wentworth

Wendy Sebeck

Lucy Davenport

Lucy Davenport

Sophie's mom

Court is in session

Put Breathe In on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.