Breathing is a 2011 Austrian art house drama film directed and written by Karl Markovics

Karl Markovics

Karl Markovics is an Austrian actor and film director.He starred as Salomon Sorowitsch in Stefan Ruzowitzky's 2007 film The Counterfeiters, which was awarded the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for that year...

. The film, about a 19-year-old ex-convict who attempts to build a new life amidst his guilt, stars Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka and Gerhard Liebmann. It was screened at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival

2011 Cannes Film Festival

The 64th annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 11 to May 22, 2011. American actor Robert De Niro served as the president of the jury for the main competition and French filmmaker Michel Gondry headed the jury for the short film competition...

. Schubert won Best Actor at the 17th Sarajevo Film Festival

Sarajevo Film Festival

The Sarajevo Film Festival is the premier and largest film festival in the Balkans, and is one of the largest in Europe. It was founded in Sarajevo in 1995 during the siege of Sarajevo, and brings international and local celebrities to Sarajevo every year. It is held in August and showcases an...

 for his performance, presented to him by Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie is noted for promoting humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the...

. It has been selected as Austria's submission to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

Cast

• Thomas Schubert as Roman
• Karin Lischka as Margit
• Gerhard Liebmann as Walter Fakler
• Georg Friedrich as Rudolf Kienast
• Stefan Matousch as Gerhard Schorn
• Luna Mijovic as Mona