SPOTLIGHT ON ANDREW GARFIELD. In his directorial debut, actor Andy Serkis (
Lord of the Rings,
Planet of the Apes) tells the remarkable true love story of Robin (an exceptional Andrew Garfield) and Diana Cavendish (
The Crown’s Claire Foy, as resolute as a royal), two charming and free-spirited young Brits who are newly wedded in the late 1950s, when the dashing young Robin is suddenly struck down by polio. Paralyzed and confined to a bleak hospital ward, the constant mechanical breathing of a respirator is all that keeps him alive—though it’s hardly a life he can bear living. Unwilling to accept such a fate, the devoted Diana makes a radical decision that upends all conventional and scientific wisdom of the era—and completely changes the course of their lives. Produced by their son Jonathan Cavendish,
Breathe is a romantic and reverent tribute to a fearless couple who became pioneering inventors and advocates for the disabled community long before disabled rights were a matter of law.
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