Breathing (film)

Breathing
Film poster
Directed byKarl Markovics
Written byKarl Markovics
Starring
CinematographyMartin Gschlacht
Release date
  • May 19, 2011 (2011-05-19) (Cannes)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

Breathing (German: Atmen) is a 2011 Austrian art house drama film written and directed by Karl Markovics.[1] The film concerns a 19-year-old inmate in a detention facility for juveniles, with a pending application for parole, who is challenged to reconsider his identity by a trial work-release job at a morgue. Starring Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka and Gerhard Liebmann, it was screened at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Schubert won Best Actor at the 17th Sarajevo Film Festival for his performance, presented to him by Angelina Jolie.[citation needed]

The film was selected as Austria's submission to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film,[2][3] but it did not make the final shortlist.[4]

  1. ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 68. ISBN 978-1908215017.
  2. ^ "Markovics-Film Oscar-Kandidat für Österreich". orf.at. Archived from the original on 2012-12-30. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  3. ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
  4. ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar". Retrieved 2012-01-19.