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Breath on DVD in July

23 July 2010

Death row inmate Jang Jin attempts to commit suicide by using a sharpened toothbrush handle to stab himself in the neck. Seeing this incident reported on the news, something about it captures the mind of depressed housewife and former sculptress Yeon, who spends all her time cleaning her family's apartment. On impulse she visits Jang and confides in him in ways that she cannot with anyone else, including her own husband. She returns each season to redecorate his cell and sing to him. As they draw closer over time, Yeon's husband grows suspicious, while one of Jang's fellow inmates cannot go rebuffed any longer...

Breath (Soom) fourteenth film from acclaimed Korean director Kim Ki-duk, whose 2003 film Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring (Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom) won a slew of international awards and brought the director international acclaim. It stars Chang Chen (Red Cliff, Blood Brothers, 2046, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Zia, aka Park Ji-A (Dream, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring, The Coast Guard) and Ha Jung-woo (The Chaser, Time, The Fox Family, She's on Duty).

Breath will be released on UK DVD on 26th July 2010 by Palisades Tartan at the RRP of £16.99. No extras have been listed.