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The fate of discarded children is not very pretty.

But today's film shows that there can be a kind of redemption for everyone who is involved in the lives of these kids.

Breathing

A kid in juvenile detention gets to go out on work rehabilitation and is assigned to a mortuary truck.

He gets to pick up bodies from a variety of situations and gets to see the other side of life. Death in its many forms.

He has company with the guys, veterans of the work, on the truck.

He learns the trade and a lot more as they take interest in him.

There is a lot of tough love going on here. Men who have no ready form of expression.

They gently begin to accept him and take him seriously. The first time.

As a pastime, to get away, he swims. One special swimming coach teaches him how to breathe. In the pool, in life. The breathing helps him to get in touch with himself.

This is a very quiet film. He watches things. We get to see them too. Slowly but surely we see him decide for himself what his future will be like. He does the work.

The other people are ready to boost him when he needs some help.

This is a great little film. The acting is first rate. I was taken in and treated well. As they treat each other.

A 4 out of Netflix5.

Labels: films