BREATHING

Karl Markovics

Austria 94 min Fiction

Synopsis

Roman Kogler, 18, is serving time in a juvenile detention center. He has already served half of his sentence, and could be released on probation, but his chances are poor: he doesn’t have family, and seems incapable of coping with society. After many failed attempts, Roman finds a probation job at the municipal morgue in Vienna. One day, Roman is faced with a dead woman who bears his family name. Even though it soon turns out that she is not his mother, Roman wonders about his past for the first time and starts looking for his mother.

Filmmaker

Karl Markovics

Born in 1963 in Vienna (Austria), he is a respected stage actor, appearing in many theater plays and musicals. He starred as Salomon Sorowitsch in Stefan Ruzowitzky’s 2007 film The Counterfeiters, which was awarded the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and more recently in the film Unknown Identity. Breathing is his first feature film as a writer and director.

Filmography: Breathing (2011)

Karl Markovics

Film information

Original Title: Atmen
Director: Karl Markovics
Script: Karl Markovics
Contact: Films Distribution
With: Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka, Gerhard Liebmann, Georg Friedrich
Country: Austria
Year: 2011
Format: Digital
Length: 94 min
Language: German
Subtitles: Catalan/English
Edition: 2012