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All That Breathes

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In one of the world's most populated cities, cows, rats, monkeys, frogs, and hogs jostle cheek-by-jowl with people. Here, two brothers fall in love with a bird -- the black kite. From their makeshift bird hospital in their tiny basement, the "kite brothers" care for thousands of these mesmeric creatures that drop daily from New Delhi's smog-choked skies. As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate, the relationship between this Muslim family and the neglected kite forms a poetic chronicle of the city's collapsing ecology and rising social tensions.
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A poetic tribute to tenacity, All That Breathes uses two brothers' tireless efforts to make a broader point about finding triumph within tragedy.

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Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle 03/30/2023
4/5
All That Breathes instills admiration and wonder while also subtly implicating human beings in a responsibility for the upkeep and furtherance of life. Go to Full Review
Maxwell Rabb Chicago Reader 02/17/2023
All That Breathes presents a poetic, intensely beautiful story so precise that, at times, it feels staged but instead emerges from hours of painstaking care. Go to Full Review
Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News 02/15/2023
4/4
It soars as high as the birds it depicts, while telling a compassionate story of two Muslim brothers trying to do their part in making the world a better place. It’s astonishing. Go to Full Review
Daniel Allen Loud and Clear Reviews 07/25/2024
4.5/5
All That Breathes is a majestic, multi-dimensional documentary about the interconnectivity of man and nature, as two brothers try to help a threatened species. Go to Full Review
Prabhjot Bains Tilt Magazine 11/02/2023
Shaunak Sen’s transcendent documentary unearths beauty in the squalor of India’s urbanity. Go to Full Review
Ishita Sengupta News9 Live (India) 07/20/2023
The documentary places all forms of life at an equal footing, the act not dehumanising or brutalising any but propelling the need to acknowledge all as residents of the same community. Go to Full Review
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amy b 07/13/2024 Profound tribute to wildlife protectors and the birds they help. A perfect antidote to the obscenity that is the $325 million of Anant Ambhani in India with all the worst people in the world in attendance. See more dave d 05/09/2024 An interesting story that isn't told with the heft it cold have been. Why should we care about these people or the birds? If that could have been fleshed out a tad more this would have been great instead of just ok. A nice doc from India that got a major boost from the producers in awards season. Overall frustrating and a little too up its own a$$. The visuals help the documentary, but they don't make one. Final Score: 6/10 See more Sarah P 03/18/2024 stunningly breathtaking, the simplicity of care made me equally sad and hopeful See more Zach A 09/02/2023 Sensational filmmaking See more Johnson F 07/08/2023 Exquisitely lensed and pleasingly scored, this Oscar nominated documentary illuminating the laborious efforts of two brothers and their friend rescuing pollution-choked kites in Delhi is also gracefully paced for much contemplation on the beauty of nature around us and its quick dissolution. See more Julie R 07/02/2023 It took me a minute to get into this one, but it was worth the patience. This film has so much beauty and depth. High praise to all who worked to tell this story. And you can donate to their animal hospital, which I did immediately. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis In one of the world's most populated cities, cows, rats, monkeys, frogs, and hogs jostle cheek-by-jowl with people. Here, two brothers fall in love with a bird -- the black kite. From their makeshift bird hospital in their tiny basement, the "kite brothers" care for thousands of these mesmeric creatures that drop daily from New Delhi's smog-choked skies. As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate, the relationship between this Muslim family and the neglected kite forms a poetic chronicle of the city's collapsing ecology and rising social tensions.
Director
Shaunak Sen
Producer
Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann, Teddy Leifer
Distributor
Submarine Deluxe
Production Co
Submarine Deluxe, HBO Documentary Films, Sideshow, Rise Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Hindi
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 21, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 7, 2023
Runtime
1h 31m
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