And Breathe Normally

Name: And Breathe Normally
Genre: Drama
Released: January 4, 2019
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Ágúst Bjarnason, Babetida Sadjo, Bragi Arnason, Helga Vala Helgadóttir, Jakob S. Jonsson

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): January 4, 2019 | TV-14

Starring: Ágúst Bjarnason, Babetida Sadjo, Bragi Arnason, Helga Vala Helgadóttir, Jakob S. Jonsson, Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, Patrik Nökkvi Pétursson, Sólveig Guðmundsdóttir, Sveinn Geirsson, Þorsteinn Bachmann

Summary: Two women's lives will intersect while trapped in circumstances unforeseen. Between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau, a delicate bond will form as both strategize to get their lives back on track.

Director: Isold Uggadottir

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 95 min

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Jan 10, 2019

The film, which debuted last year at Sundance, covers considerable, resonant socio-political ground while being anchored by the compelling performances of its’ leads. Read full review

Allan Hunter

Jan 10, 2019

Understated and confidently judged, it becomes a testimony to the old-fashioned virtues of social-realist storytelling rooted in ordinary lives and timely concerns. Read full review

Candice Frederick

Jan 10, 2019

It engages the audience with a deeply resonant narrative that highlights the ways our sense of safe keeping can suddenly be ripped from our grasp. And it reminds us of the power we possess, even when we think we’re helpless. Read full review

Alissa Simon

Jan 10, 2019

What might, in other hands, be melodramatic or emotionally manipulative remains resolutely unsentimental here. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Jan 10, 2019

Having made a number of well-regarded, female-focused short films, the Icelandic director graduates to features with a sure grasp of naturalistic performance and an eye for character-shaping landscape. Read full review

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nutterjr

Mar 20, 2019

As if on a tight suspension rope, this understated film reminds us that the smallest of margin of errors can often result to your destiny changing cataclysmically. The carefully interwoven story of two quietly powerful women, both having faced demons in their past and trying to start overAs if on a tight suspension rope, this understated film reminds us that the smallest of margin of errors can often result to your destiny changing cataclysmically. The carefully interwoven story of two quietly powerful women, both having faced demons in their past and trying to start over but are facing significant challenges on their own journeys both metaphorically and literally, will get you thinking about moments when they have gone your way on the basis of trivial circumstances or gone against you in the blink of an eye on the slightest random detail.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Apr 14, 2023

A confrontation about privilege that uses the tried and tested device of two completely different people establishing an unlikely bond, but achieves a genuine, if emotionally distant, narrative intensity.

This is the kind of film that could fall into plot chasms of its own concept - afterA confrontation about privilege that uses the tried and tested device of two completely different people establishing an unlikely bond, but achieves a genuine, if emotionally distant, narrative intensity.

This is the kind of film that could fall into plot chasms of its own concept - after all, the themes ranging from poverty, immigration and the bureaucratic systems that control it couldn't express more interesting developments, but the message of how solidarity can emerge between such different circumstances remains compelling.

It may seem to circle around the same factor, but And Breathe Normally is a movie that successfully manages to be tolerably significant even if some of its credibility has to be overlooked to make it more redeeming.… Expand

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