RoweReviews
  • Viewing Log / Reviews
  • Search
  • Ramblings
  • Contact Me

Breath (2014) - Melanie Laurent

3/19/2015

1 Comment

 
Picture
Charlie, a seventeen-year-old french girl, lives in a fractured household.  Focusing out the relentless arguments and threats of violence between her dad and mom, Charlie focuses on her studies, being one of the top students in her class.  One day in a school, Charlie and the class are introduced to Sarah, a new student.  Self-confident and attractive, Sarah quickly introduces herself to Charlie, with the two quickly becoming inseparable.  As the two grow closer, Charlie begins to feel that Sarah isn't being entirely open about her situation, which soon creates an explosive rift in their friendship.  Melanie Laurent's Breathe is a psychological teenage drama which takes a close look at the volatile state of adolescent emotion.  Impressively crafted, Reprise dissects two adolescent characters in Charlie and Sara, each having their own emotional strife that combined creates a perfect story of melodrama.  For Charlie, the more introverted type, her relationship with Sarah gives her the feeling of invincibility, almost as if she feels alive for the first time.  Sarah's character is an extroverted person due to emotional strife by her very troubled drunkard mother, a fact she hides from everyone she knows, that is until Charlie finds out.  Breathe uses these two characters to take what appears to be a sensitive teenage drama and subvert expectations, doing so in a way that intentionally or not speaks to the consequences of bullying, capturing the fragility and explosiveness of teenage emotion.  

Picture
Picture
Picture
1 Comment
Kevin Collina
3/20/2015 11:19:38 am

Very curious about this one. I've wanted to check it out since I missed it at AFI. You've made it sound more intriguingly mysterious than I remember. I've gotta seek it out!

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Love of all things cinema brought me here.  

    Archives

    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Viewing Log / Reviews
  • Search
  • Ramblings
  • Contact Me