Breathing

Directed by Karl Markovics

Tomas Schubert gives a quiet, understated performance as Roman – a teenager who takes a job in a morgue disposing of the recently deceased, while attempting to reconnect with his absent mother. A slow-burning drama, Breathing features some stunningly bleak cinematography by Martin Gschlacht, and was Austria’s submission for Best Foreign Language film for this year’s Oscars.

Duration:
93 minutes

Languages:
German

Subtitles:
Full English

Country of origin:
Austria

Year of production:
2011