And Breathe Normally

Very riveting viewing - have to hold your breath a few times. Brilliantly shot, every frame.

Is it PC? Yes. Am I PC? Hell no!! Stick with it to the end. Humans being decent to other humans; there're no politics associated with being decent. This is just humans being good to one another.

An excellent film with superb cast and acting. A very human and touching story with little in the way of embellishment. Most impressed with the films that Iceland is now producing.

I'd watch it again.

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 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.

From the first frame of a film you know that the maker has a grasp over the medium and has made a relationship with it. This is the same with this film. The shots and scenes are never loose or slow and yet the film takes its own time and pulls you into living it at its own pace. The story of a woman from a first world country who is dealing with her own problems and is some kind of an immigrant in her own country, who helps out an immigrant from another country. But what's beautiful about this, as with all great tales is that it destroys all kinds of borders and leaves you with a beautiful human story about how the human spirit triumphs over everything in its way and can be so all encompassing, compassionate, inclusive and brave.