![]() ![]() "Elizabeth Debicki, Richard Roxburgh join cast of Simon Baker's film Breath". ^ "Simon Baker to produce and direct film adaptation of Tim Winton's novel Breath"."Wanna be a movie star? Tim Winton's Breath needs actors". "Breath producer on Simon Baker tears and Tim Winton's 'extraordinary' novel". ^ a b c d Windsor, Harry (23 March 2016).The website's critical consensus reads, "A coming of age drama with a surfing twist, Breath navigates seemingly familiar waters - but has surprising depth below the surface." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 71 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 80%, based on 50 reviews, and an average rating of 6.63/10. For Tim Winton this was an ideal location "The Great Southern region has had an enormous impact on my life and work so I'm very pleased this film is being shot on the beaches and streets and forests that inspired the book." Reception The Western Australian coastal town of Denmark, part of the Great Southern region, is the location for filming. Simon Baker's view is that "Tim's book viscerally captures the restless curiosity and yearning for identity that often defines our coming of age". Producer Mark Johnson said, "It's got universal themes-about being desperately afraid that you're ordinary, about being afraid as a young man that there's nothing exceptional about you-and I think that has great application in a universal way, but this is also a specifically Western Australian story". The Western Australian Government contributed $2.3 million in a bid to promote the state as a premier filming location. from Screen Australia to ScreenWest", Great Southern Development Commission and Autumn Productions. Financing was provided by "the Australian art councils and. Winton wrote the first screenplay with the final script by Gerard Lee, Baker and Winton. Johnson met Tim Winton in America where he was on a book tour and obtained an option on the book. The film is the feature directorial debut of Simon Baker, who also acted in the film and produced it with Mark Johnson and Australian Jamie Hilton. In the 1970s two teenage surfer boys, Pikelet and Loonie, growing up in a small town meet and form a connection with an older surfer named Sando, who challenges them to take greater and more dangerous risks. ( January 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article needs an improved plot summary. ![]()
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