Breath

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1. #001

   Although he had previously directed several episodes of the popular American drama series The Mentalist (2008), this was Simon Baker's first feature film directing experience and also his first writing credit.

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2. #002

   The film is narrated by the original story's author, Tim Winton, as an adult Pikelet.

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3. #003

   It was shot in 36 days in the coastal town of Denmark in Western Australia.

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4. #004

   A nationwide search was held to find two boys aged between fourteen and seventeen to play the roles of Pikelet and Loonie. No prior acting experience was required, but to be considered one had to be a good swimmer and have some surfing skills. Finding the right young people for the roles took about a year, but director and star Simon Baker eventually found two newcomers named Samson Coulter and Ben Spence. Despite his young age, Coulter is a trained surfer in real life who has competed in numerous competitions around the world.

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5. #005

   The last scene filmed was the one in which the character Eva, played by Elizabeth Debicki, takes a shower. While shooting inside a house below Sando's home, there was a "fifty-year storm" outside. The wind was so strong that a second one built specifically for this production was almost lifted off the ground.

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6. #006

   In real life Simon Baker is an experienced surfer, just like the two young actors who play Pikelet and Loonie. As a result, almost all of the surfing footage seen in the film's final cut belongs to the actors themselves.

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7. #007

   We did a six-week shoot. The water crew was available for only four of those six weeks. When weather conditions were suitable, the cast and crew would drop everything planned for land that day and go shoot the water scenes. When conditions were very bad, they would go out anyway and shoot something with the stunt doubles just in case, such as paddling underwater and breaking waves.

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8. #008

   It premiered in September 2017 in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). It was later shown at the 13th Zurich Film Festival in October of the same year and was released in cinemas by FilmRise in June 2018.

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