''Breathe'' (french: Respire) is a Canadian drama film, directed by

Onur Karaman Onur Karaman (born 1981) is a Turkey, Turkish-born Canada, Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his films ''Where Atilla Passes (Là où Atilla passe)'' and ''Breathe (2022 film), Breathe (Respire)''. Karaman moved to Cana ...

and released in 2022. The film centres on a Moroccan family of immigrants to

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, who have fallen on hard times when patriarch Atif ( Mohammed Marouazi), a professional engineer, cannot secure a job in his field due to his lack of Canadian work experience and has been reduced to managing a restaurant; one day, however, his teenage son Fouad (Amedamine Ouerghi) is drawn into a racially-motivated conflict with Max (Frédéric Lemay), a '' pure laine'' québécois who blames immigrants for his lot in life.Jean Siag
"La rage au ventre"
'' La Presse'', January 27, 2023. The cast also includes

Claudia Bouvette Claudia Bouvette (born July 5, 1995) is a singer, songwriter and actress born in Bromont, Quebec and based in Montreal. Bouvette released her first EP ''Cool It'' in 2019, followed by her first studio album ''The Paradise Club'' in 2022. Life ...

, Vincent Fafard, Guillaume Laurin, Roger Léger and Houda Rihani. The film premiered at the Cinemania film festival on November 7, 2022, before going into commercial release on January 27, 2023.

Awards

At Cinemania, it won the award for Best Quebec Film. Marouazi received a

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nomination for Best Supporting Performance in a Film at the

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in 2023.Etan Vlessing
"Canadian Screen Awards: TV Drama ‘The Porter’ Leads With 19 Nominations"
''

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'', February 22, 2023.

References

External links

* 2022 films 2022 drama films French-language Canadian films Canadian drama films 2020s Canadian films Films shot in Quebec Films set in Quebec {{Quebec-film-stub