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Breathing Room(1996)
Status: Released
Date: 1996-11-08
80%
1 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
A comedy for the romantically hopeless
Overview:
She's Kathy, a comix cartoonist; he's David, teaching English to new immigrants. It's New York City, with 29 shopping days left until Christmas, and they're in love. Or are they? Their romance has been on-again, off-again because David can't bring himself to say, "I love you." He can say it in French, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, but not English. So, when she learns at an inopportune time that he's applied for a job in Ho Chi Minh City, she asks for breathing room until Christmas; the film chronicles the ensuing days of restless indecision.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Eureka Pictures
Movie: Breathing Room
Top 10 Billed Cast
Susan Floyd
Kathy
Nadia Dajani
Claire
Dan Futterman
David
Michael Chenevert
Korean Market Patron #3
Sharon Angela
Additional Patron
Amy Hohn
Cousin Judy
Paul Giamatti
George
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Overview
She's Kathy, a comix cartoonist; he's David, teaching English to new immigrants. It's New York City, with 29 shopping days left until Christmas, and they're in love. Or are they? Their romance has been on-again, off-again because David can't bring himself to say, "I love you." He can say it in French, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, but not English. So, when she learns at an inopportune time that he's applied for a job in Ho Chi Minh City, she asks for breathing room until Christmas; the film chronicles the ensuing days of restless indecision.
Release Date
1996-11-08
Average
8
Rating:
4.0 startsTagline
A comedy for the romantically hopeless
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Languages:
English
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