Based on the award-winning, international best-selling novel by Tim Winton, Simon Baker’s directorial debut BREATH follows two teenage boys, Pikelet and Loonie (newcomers Samson Coulter and Ben Spence in breakthrough performances), growing up in a remote corner of the Western Australian coast. Hungry for discovery, the pair form an unlikely friendship with Sando (Simon Baker), a mysterious older surfer and adventurer who pushes the boys to take risks that will have a lasting and profound impact on their lives. Also starring Elizabeth Debicki and Richard Roxburgh, BREATH is an authentic coming-of-age drama set in an idyllic 1970s coastal Australia.

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Based on 9 Breath (I) Cinema reviews, Breath (I) gets an average Cinema review score of 68. The score for all versions is 68 based on a total of 9 reviews.

90/100

www.hollywoodreporter.comCinema

Simon Baker makes his feature directing debut with this adaptation of Tim Winton's coming-of-age novel about a pair of teenage surf enthusiasts mentored by a big-wave veteran.

2140d ago

4/5

www.theguardian.comCinema

Simon Baker’s directorial debut is poetic without being pretentious, capturing the natural beauty of the WA coast and the complexity of coming of age

2140d ago

3/4

www.slantmagazine.comCinema

Simon Baker’s film isn’t about surfing so much as it is about riding a wave that must eventually break and recede.

2140d ago