'' Breathing '' ( ) is a 2011 Austrian art house drama film written and directed by Karl Markovics . 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
2011 Cannes Film Festival
2011 Cannes Film Festival
Breathing (film)