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Breath
Breath
	Theatrical film poster
Directed by	Simon Baker
Screenplay by	Gerard Lee; Simon Baker; Tim Winton
Based on	Breath by; Tim Winton
Produced by	Mark Johnson; Simon Baker; Jamie Hilton
Starring	Simon Baker; Elizabeth Debicki; Samson Coulter; Ben Spence; Richard Roxburgh
Cinematography	Marden Dean; Rick Rifici
Edited by	Dany Cooper
Music by	Harry Gregson-Williams
Production; companies	Gran Via; Windalong; See Pictures
Distributed by	Roadshow Films (Australia); FilmRise (United States);
Release dates	10 September 2017 (TIFF); 3 May 2018 (Australia); 1 June 2018 (United States);
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Box office	$3.2 million

Breath is a 2017 Australian sports drama film based on the novel of the same name by Tim Winton, and directed by Simon Baker, from a screenplay that Baker and Winton co-wrote with Gerard Lee. Baker also stars in the film alongside Elizabeth Debicki, Samson Coulter, Ben Spence and Richard Roxburgh.

It premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and the 2017 Zurich Film Festival. It was released on 3 May 2018 in Australia by Roadshow Films, and on 1 June 2018 in the United States by FilmRise.

Plot

In the 1970s, two teenage surfer boys, Pikelet and Loonie, growing up in a small town meet and form a connection with an older surfer named Sando, who challenges them to take greater and more dangerous risks.^[2]^[3]

Cast

Simon Baker as Sando
Elizabeth Debicki as Eva
Samson Coulter as Pikelet
Ben Spence as Loonie
Richard Roxburgh as Mr Pike
Rachael Blake as Mrs Pike

Production

The film is the feature directorial debut of Simon Baker, who also acted in the film and produced it^[4] with Mark Johnson and Australian Jamie Hilton. Johnson met Tim Winton in America where he was on a book tour and obtained an option on the book. Winton wrote the first screenplay with the final script by Gerard Lee, Baker and Winton.^[2]^[5] Financing was provided by "the Australian art councils and... from Screen Australia to ScreenWest",^[2] Great Southern Development Commission and Autumn Productions. The Western Australian Government contributed $2.3 million in a bid to promote the state as a premier filming location.^[6]

Themes

Producer Mark Johnson said, "It's got universal themes—about being desperately afraid that you're ordinary, about being afraid as a young man that there's nothing exceptional about you—and I think that has great application in a universal way, but this is also a specifically Western Australian story".^[2] Simon Baker's view is that "Tim's book viscerally captures the restless curiosity and yearning for identity that often defines our coming of age".^[5]

Filming

The Western Australian coastal town of Denmark, part of the Great Southern region, is the location for filming.^[6] For Tim Winton this was an ideal location; "The Great Southern region has had an enormous impact on my life and work so I'm very pleased this film is being shot on the beaches and streets and forests that inspired the book."^[5]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 80%, based on 50 reviews, and an average rating of 6.63/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A coming of age drama with a surfing twist, Breath navigates seemingly familiar waters — but has surprising depth below the surface."^[7] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 71 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[8]

Accolades

Award	Category	Subject	Result
AACTA Awards (8th)	Best Film	Jamie Hilton	Nominated
		Mark Johnson	Nominated
		Simon Baker	Nominated
	Best Direction		Nominated
	Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
		Gerard Lee	Nominated
		Tim Winton	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Simon Baker	Won
	Best Supporting Actress	Elizabeth Debicki	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Marden Dean	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Rick Rifici	Nominated
	Best Editing	Dany Cooper	Nominated
	Best Sound	Jed Dodge	Won
		Trevor Hope	Won
		Mackenzie	Won
		Tara Webb	Won