Directed by: Zak Lee

At times a quirky, deadpan comedy, Shortness of Breath is also a tense crime film and an earnest love story. The film displays an interest in characters that exist on the margins of society and a fascination with the beauty of an American landscape. Equally, Shortness of Breath has roots in the films of the French New Wave, particularly Godard's Breathless, as the title suggests. The New Wave's obsession with film noir combined with its low-budget style and emphasis on location shooting offered a new twist on the American crime film of the 1940s. Shortness of Breath is both an homage to the New Wave and an update to this formula.

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