Le Souffle (Deep Breath) (2001, Director: Damien Odoul)

"Abandoned by his father, 15-year old David (Pierre-Louis Bonnetblanc) is sent by his mother to spend his summer with his uncle in the rural Limousin region of France and has to contend with the backwardness of French country life. Deep Breath, the highly stylized and poetic first feature by Damian Odoul is a coming of age film that uses dreams, ritual, and myth to capture the uncertain passage between adolescence and adulthood. Shot in high contrast black-and-white cinematography, Deep Breath is visually striking and its dreamscapes underscore the director's poetic relationship to the world. While the film has elements of Bresson, Bunuel, Truffaut, Cocteau, and Dumont, Odoul's darkly hued tone poem is unique to his artistic vision." ...Howard Schumann, IMDB

Cast

	Pierre-Louis Bonnetblanc	...	David
	Dominique Chevalier	...	Jacques
	Maxime Dalbrut	...	Paul
	Jean-Claude Lecante	...	John
	Jean Milord	...	M'sieur Milord
	Stéphane Terpereau	...	Stef
	Thierry Benoiton	...	Kangourou
	Pierre Lasvaud	...	Pierrot