All That Breathes

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All That Breathes

2022

1h 31m

Documentary

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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

Mar 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.

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Maxwell Rabb

Chicago Reader

Feb 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.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Feb 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.

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Daniel Allen

Loud and Clear Reviews

Jul 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.

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Prabhjot Bains

Tilt Magazine

Nov 2, 2023

Shaunak Sen’s transcendent documentary unearths beauty in the squalor of India’s urbanity.

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Ishita Sengupta

News9 Live (India)

Jul 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.

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Jane C.

@JaneConquest Jun 22, 2026

Still find myself thinking about this all the time, even years later

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dave d

@RT34924333 May 9, 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

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Sarah P

@RT55483370 Mar 18, 2024

stunningly breathtaking, the simplicity of care made me equally sad and hopeful

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Zach A

@RT00329998 Sep 2, 2023

Sensational filmmaking

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Johnson F

@RT29722865 Jul 8, 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.

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Julie R

@JulieDR Jul 2, 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.

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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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