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Breathe

Breathe

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Breathe

2023

1h 30m

7.5(2 votes)

Drama

Overview

Fouad, a 15-year-old Moroccan immigrant, and Max, a 27-year-old "old stock" Quebecer, both live frustrating lives. Their respective destinies lead them face to face, in a situation from which neither will emerge unscathed.

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UGO Média

Karaman Productions

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Amédamine Ouerghi

Amédamine Ouerghi

Fouad

Frédéric Lemay

Frédéric Lemay

Max

Mohammed Marouazi

Mohammed Marouazi

Atif

Houda Rihani

Houda Rihani

Rachida

Guillaume Laurin

Guillaume Laurin

Jérémie

Roger Léger

Roger Léger

Gilles

Marie Charlebois

Marie Charlebois

Maryse

Claudia Bouvette

Claudia Bouvette

Josée

Luis Oliva

Luis Oliva

Éric

Reda Guerinik

Reda Guerinik

Ali

Creative team

Directed by: Onur Karaman
Written by: Onur Karaman
Produced by: Patrick Bilodeau
Onur Karaman

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