(l -r) Hugh Bonneville stars as Teddy Hall, Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield as Diana and Robin Cavendish, Harry Marcus as their son Jonathan (age 10) and Tom Hollander as David Blacker in Breathe, a Bleecker Street and Participant Media release.Credit: David Bloomer / Bleecker Street | Participant Media
Everyone wants to live life as they chose but in the 1950s, options were severely limited for someone paralyzed. At that time, paralysis usually meant a short life, confined to a hospital on a stationary breathing machine or in an iron lung. Being on a respirator meant not even being able to get about in a wheelchair. Robin Cavendish did not want that life, and thanks to his wife and friends, he did not have to live that way.
Breathe tells the true story of Robin Cavendish (Andrew Garfield), who was paralyzed by polio at age 28, and his steadfast wife Diana (Claire Foy). The true story is Oscar-bait,...
Everyone wants to live life as they chose but in the 1950s, options were severely limited for someone paralyzed. At that time, paralysis usually meant a short life, confined to a hospital on a stationary breathing machine or in an iron lung. Being on a respirator meant not even being able to get about in a wheelchair. Robin Cavendish did not want that life, and thanks to his wife and friends, he did not have to live that way.
Breathe tells the true story of Robin Cavendish (Andrew Garfield), who was paralyzed by polio at age 28, and his steadfast wife Diana (Claire Foy). The true story is Oscar-bait,...
- 10/20/2017
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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