Breathing Underwater

Nov 13, 2024

1h 42m

★ 8.0

Overview

When Emma has to leave her picture-perfect life for a women's shelter, her unlikely friendship with a ragtag group of women pushes them all into a fight to take back their power.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Samsa Film

Artémis Productions

Shelter Prod

Breathing Underwater Trailers

Cast

Emma

Carla Juri

Khadij

Véronique Tshanda Beya

Esperanza

Esperanza Martin González-Quevedo

Sascha

Alessia Raschella

Tanja

Sascha Ley

Marc

Luc Schiltz

Samuel

Freddy Djanabia

Terrence

Terrence Shako Kayongo

Njee

Njee Banak Biem

Charlotte

Charlotte Blau Supervielle

Lucia

Lucia Blau Supervielle

Kevin

Nicolas Lech

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