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Breathe

Gauzily inspirational

Andy Serkis’s directorial debut is the true story of Robin and Diana Cavendish—when Robin contracted polio in 1957 the couple, with the help of a mad scientist friend, invented a wheelchair-based respirator. They brought it to market, eventually freeing thousands of polio sufferers from the inhuman confines of the iron lung. Yes, it’s a little disease-of-the-month-ish, but a treat for fans of Andrew Garfield. Note: the Japanese distributors have for some odd reason chosen to (miss)spell the title “Breath,” which is doubly confusing since another movie, also made in 2017, also bears that name. Grumble. (118 min)