Breathing Under Water (2000) [N/A]

Release Date:
February 19, 2000

Original Title:
Respirar Debaixo d'Água

Alternate Titles:
Atmen unter Wasser
Breathing Under Water

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen 'Konrad Wolf'
Persona Non Grata Pictures
RTP

Production Countries:
Germany | Portugal

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 45

What stops two people from being together? A third one. What stops one person from fighting for another? Nothing. Pedro lives in the suburbs, where he works with his father in a garage. Everyday he takes the bus downtown where he goes to school and meets his friends. It's summertime and they all go down to the river where they spend their free time or even their school time. Among joints, motorbike riding and swimming, everything seems to go well with this group of friends, until the moment when Pedro and his best friend find out that both of them like the same girl. Pedro finds himself inside a downward spiral, where everything around him seems to fall apart. Like a magnet attracts the iron, Pedro seems to attract problems, from the school until his relationship with his parents. This is the story of Pedro, who by having his head being pushed down so much learned how to breathe under water.

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Additional Camera:
João Ponces de Carvalho

Art Direction:
Silvério Moniz

Assistant Director:
Miguel Sargento

Boom Operator:
Michelle Chan

Casting:
António Ferreira
Dörte Schneider

Co-Producer:
Holger Lochau
Luís Avelar
Zabrrea Köstermann

Costume Design:
Matilde Salema

Director:
António Ferreira

Director of Photography:
Marcus Lenz

Editor:
Dörte Schneider

Focus Puller:
Patrick Waldmann

Gaffer:
Tiago Costa

Grip:
Cláudio Ribeiro

Lighting Technician:
Ole Ki Bun Wedemann

Makeup & Hair Assistant:
Sónia Lisboa

Makeup Artist:
Nerea Fernández

Music Arranger:
Luís Pedro Madeira

Original Music Composer:
Pedro Renato

Producer:
António Ferreira
Dörte Schneider

Production Assistant:
Paulo Coelho

Production Consultant:
Gerardo Fernandes

Production Manager:
Gerald Maas
Dörte Schneider

Script Supervisor:
Gerald Maas

Sound Mixer:
Haymo Kutschbach

Sound Recordist:
Miguel Cunha

Writer:
António Ferreira

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