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No Breathing

No Breathing

Drama · Romance · 2013

Two very different restless youths join a swimming competition for love and friendship which is, in fact, a rite of passage to growing up.

Movie details

No Breathing

“Hold breath and glide through water!”

2013 Drama · Romance 1h 58m

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

Two very different restless youths join a swimming competition for love and friendship which is, in fact, a rite of passage to growing up.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over No Breathing?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Cho Yong-sun

Written by

Yu Young-ah · Cho Yong-sun

Seo In-guk

Seo In-guk

Jo Won-il

Lee Jong-suk

Lee Jong-suk

Jung Woo-sang

Kwon Yu-ri

Kwon Yu-ri

Jung-eun

Park Cheol-min

Park Cheol-min

Jae-seok

Park Jung-chul

Park Jung-chul

Coach Jang

Yoon Kyun-sang

Yoon Kyun-sang

Yoon Gyun-sang

Shin Min-chul

Shin Min-chul

Jung-dong

Court is in session

Put No Breathing on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.