What a beautiful, inspiring movie!
“Breathe” is an inspiring true story. After being paralyzed by polio at age 28, Robin Cavendish refuses to be immobile and with his loyal wife, Diana, becomes an advocate for the severely disabled. “Breathe” is the feature-film directing debut of actor Andy Serkis.
I love to see how others have made their way through trials. And this movie fast became a great biography. Celebrating the lives of ones who made a huge difference for the severely disabled. So many good takeaways from the movie. The first being, “Don’t sell yourself short. Your life isn’t useless.” And then especially the loyalty and commitment of his wife and other friends. We can all learn something from this life.
Deeply Touching
“Breathe” deeply touched my heart through the determination of Robin and Diana to never give up. Even though things seemed hopeless or they had no one backing them, they moved forward and made things happen. In the end, they helped countless severely disabled people have a fulfilling life instead of one of depression with no hope.
This movie also gently spoke of allowing terminally ill patients the privilege of dying on their own terms. Not only that but also that a change of venue can bring an amazing change of view on one’s viewpoint of life for the severely disabled. Each life has value and should be treated that way. It isn’t right to put people away from view in a hospital ward just because they are severely handicapped. We should be doing whatever we can to make life better for them.
In the end, Robin chose to end his life because his body could not take any more from artificial breathing. But he lived a fulfilling life for twenty years. His son got to know him and love him. He was able to die gracefully with his family nearby without a traumatic ending.
I was spellbound by this movie, cheering at times and crying at other times. Beautifully done.
Definitely a MUST SEE FILM.
Pastor’s Wife (retired) & Chronic Pain Warrior blogs about how to make it through anything by relating her own life experiences to her writing. She is passionate about her love for the Lord and desires to spread that passion to others. She has a great desire to encourage women who are following behind her.
I’m going to have to check this movie out!
This sounds like an amazing movie! Thank you for the thoughtful review.
It is definitely a must see movie
I’ll have to check this movie out. Blessed to be your neighbor at FMF this week.
Hey Tara. Hoping this week is a bit slower for you! Maybe you will have time to “Breathe”. 🙂 You will enjoy this movie!
Sounds like a movie to add to my list. Thanks for sharing your review.
FMF #46 this week.
Thanks for stopping by. I’m finding so many movies that didn’t do great at the box office but are so excellent. This was definitely one of them.