Project Detail

I Am Breathing

Synopsis

When Neil Platt is diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease at the age of 33, he makes the unusual decision to document his final months, not just in a blog (which he painstakingly dictates via frustratingly inaccurate speech recognition software) but by inviting a film crew into the home he shares with his tireless wife Louise and toddler son Oscar. The result is a heartbreaking, funny and tender portrayal of incredible fortitude and love (EIFF).

Details

Year
2013
Type of project
Features
Running time
73 mins
Director
Emma Davie, Morag MacKinnon
Producer
Sonja Henrici
Executive Producer
Noé Mendelle
Editor
Peter Winther
Composer
Kieran Hebden, Jim Sutherland
Principal cast
Neil Platt

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