Friday 4 May 2012

Breathing/Atmen

This week there was a German language film on at my local cinema (how could I resist!?)...

Breathing is set in Vienna and is a deeply moving, slow paced film about a boy called Roman Kogler (Thomas Schubert) who is in a juvenile detention centre. He struggles to find a job that he feels comfortable in until he starts at an undertakers as an apprentice. Here he uses his job almost as a form of therapy, allowing him to reflect on the crime he committed in the first place.

All in all, its a heavy film and as you can imagine not a complete barrel of laughs, however there are some subtle moments of humour.

I'd highly recommend it!


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