Breathe
Charlie, a 17-year-old girl tortured by doubt, is thrilled when she becomes friends with Sarah, but when Sarah tires of Charlie and looks for a new friend, their relationship takes an ominous turn.
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Cast
18 people
Joséphine Japy
Charlie
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Love at Second Sight
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Lou de Laâge
Sarah
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Isabelle Carré
Vanessa
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Roxane Duran
Victoire
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Claire Keim
Laura
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Radivoje Bukvić
Charlie's father
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Taken
Thomas Solivérès
Gastine
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The Intouchables
Cyrano, My Love
Camille Claris
Delphine
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Vortex
Sweetheart
Louka Meliava
Lucas
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Louise Grinberg
Louise
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Fanny Sidney
Isa
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Anne Marivin
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Mélanie Laurent Director · Julien Lambroschini Screenplay Anne-Sophie Brasme Author
Worldwide gross $1.1M · United States release September 11, 2015 · Produced in France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,100,000
Production
Mely Productions
Production
Move Movie
Production
Gaumont
Production · Studio
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Respire
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 17, 2014
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · November 12, 2014
Theatrical
United States · September 11, 2015
Theatrical
United States
October 10, 2014 · Premiere · Hamptons International Film Festival
October 17, 2014 · Premiere · Philadelphia International Film Festival
November 8, 2014 · Premiere · AFI Fest
May 9, 2015 · Premiere · Louisiana International Film Festival
June 17, 2015 · Premiere · Provincetown International Film Festival
Belgium
October 6, 2014 · Premiere · Festival du Film Francophone de Namur
November 12, 2014 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 8, 2015 · Theatrical
Canada
September 4, 2014 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Chile
March 4, 2015 · Premiere · FEMCINE, Festival Cine de Mujeres
Colombia
May 20, 2015 · Theatrical
Croatia
July 23, 2015 · Premiere · Pula Film Festival
Denmark
June 25, 2015 · Theatrical
France
October 10, 2014 · Premiere · Festival International du Film de Saint-Jean-de-Luz
October 25, 2014 · Premiere · Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival
March 18, 2015 · Digital · VOD
March 25, 2015 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
February 1, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
September 3, 2026 · TV · France 4
Germany
September 12, 2014 · Premiere · Oldenburg Film Festival
Greece
September 27, 2014 · Premiere · Athens Film Festival
November 13, 2014 · Theatrical
March 12, 2015 · Physical · DVD
Hong Kong SAR China
November 20, 2014 · Premiere · Hong Kong French Cinepanorama
Mexico
October 22, 2014 · Premiere · Morelia International Film Festival
July 10, 2015 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 16, 2014 · Premiere · Film by the Sea Film Festival
North Macedonia
June 18, 2015 · Premiere · French Film Festival in Macedonia
Norway
October 9, 2015 · Theatrical
Poland
February 19, 2016 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 14, 2015 · Theatrical
Serbia
March 5, 2015 · Premiere · Belgrade Film Festival
Singapore
December 5, 2015 · Premiere · Singapore International Film Festival
Sweden
November 6, 2014 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
March 20, 2019 · TV
Switzerland
September 1, 2014 · Premiere · Festival du Film Français d'Helvétie de Bienne
November 12, 2014 · Theatrical
Taiwan
November 8, 2014 · Premiere · Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
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