
Two women's lives will intersect while trapped in circumstances unforeseen. Between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau, a delicate bond will form as both strategize to get their lives back on track.... (Full plot summary below)
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Two women's lives will intersect while trapped in circumstances unforeseen. Between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau, a delicate bond will form as both strategize to get their lives back on track.
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| New Zealand HeraldGeorge FenwickDirector Isold Uggadottir manages to keep the narrative away from melodrama or over-sentimentality. Her direction keeps a careful distance, but is forgiving and empathetic to her struggling characters. |
| Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenBuilds a strong sense of emotional urgency as it unfolds against the edge-of-the-world setting of the Reykjanes Peninsula. |
| FILMINK (Australia)Julian Wood...impressive for its ability to tell a near-universal modern story entirely through a close-focus view of everyday life. |
| DeciderJoel KellerIt's definitely a quiet, deliberate film. But And Breathe Normally has two fine lead performances and the central friendship that develops feels earned. |
| New York TimesCandice FrederickIt engages the audience with a deeply resonant narrative that highlights the ways our sense of safe keeping can suddenly be ripped from our grasp. |
| Film InquiryFrazer MacDonaldYou'd expect something to have won an award at Sundance to be original and politically relevant in some way, and this one delivers on that front. |
| User ReviewThomas LA quiet film about two women in iceland, an icelandic white stuggling single mother and a black illegal alien mother from Africa separated from her child and caught up in deportation proceedings, who cross paths. Their mutual kindness to each other benefits both. A powerful insight into the daily struggles that so many go through just to survive. |