BREATH
Australia / 2017 / 115 min / DCP / Adventure

Director : Simon Baker

Script : Gerard Lee, Simon Baker adapted from Tim Winton's novel
Cinematography : Marden Dean
Editing : Dany Cooper
Music : Harry Gregson-Williams
Production : Simon Baker, Jamie Hilton, Mark Johnson, Chris Veerhuis

Cast : Simon Baker (Sando), Samson Coulter (Pikelet), Ben Spence (Loonie), Elizabeth Debicki (Eva), Richard Roxburgh (Mr Pike), Rachael Blake (Mrs Pike)

Two inseparable best friends in their early teens, Bruce Pike, nicknamed Pikelet, and Ivan Loon, dubbed Loonie for good reason, have markedly different home lives. Pikelet's parents are caring and affectionate, while Loonie lives with his violent drunk of a father. On a mutual dare, they cycle all the way to the coast, and the transfixing spectacle of surfers in an ocean ballet exerts an instantaneous grip on them both. Hungry for discovery, the pair form an unlikely friendship with Sando, a mysterious older surfer and adventurer, who pushes the boys to take risks that will have a lasting and profound impact on their lives.

Simon Baker

He was born in 1969. He is an Australian actor and director. In his television acting career, he is known for his lead roles in the CBS television series The Mentalist (as Patrick Jane) and The Guardian (as Nicholas Fallin). In his film acting career, he is best known for his roles as Max Rourke in the remake of the Japanese horror film The Ring Two, Riley Denbo in Land of the Dead and Christian Thompson in the film adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada. Breath is his first feature film as director.