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The Air I Breathe

Year:

2007

Duration:

95 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Jieho Lee

Details

Country: Mexico

Release Date: 2007-12-13

Filming Locations: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Earnings

Budget: $10,000,000

Opening Weekend: $19,487 (USA) (27 January 2008)

Gross: $25,775 (USA) (4 February 2008)

Cast

Actor

Character

Kelly Hu

The Air I Breathe

Kevin Bacon

Love

Julie Delpy

Gina

Brendan Fraser

Pleasure

Andy Garcia

Fingers

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sorrow

Clark Gregg

Henry

Emile Hirsch

Tony

Forest Whitaker

Happiness

Evan Parke

Danny

Taylor Nichols

Sorrow's Father

Victor Rivers

Eddie

Cecilia Suárez

Allison

Todd Stashwick

Frank

Jon Bernthal

Interviewer

William Maier

Mr. Parks

Eduardo Victoria

Banker #1

Salvador Garcia Jr.

Banker #2 (as Salvador Garcia)

John Cho

Banker #3

Jason Dolley

Young Pleasure

Sasha Pieterse

Young Sorrow

Alex Terminel

Markie

Fervio Castillo

Young Love

Kari Wuhrer

Correspondent

Josh Flaum

Gina's Assistant

Norma Angelica

Clothing Shop Woman

Lenny Zundel

Clothing Shop Owner

Jake Koenig

Seedy Old Man

George Belanger

Old Gangster

Tomás Goros

Gangster

Joan Seuora Morales

Gangster

Alejandro de la Peña

Gangster

Diana García

Tony's Brunette

Claudia Cervantes

Tony's Redhead

Andrew Deichman

Pizza Delivery Guy

Tania Himelfarb

Young Heidi

Sherry Ham-Bernard

Nurse #1 (as Sherry Ham Bernard)

Lisa Owen

Nurse #2

Emilio Savinni

Tuddy

Rodrigo Santacruz

Teenager #1

Papile Aurora

Teenager #2 (as Catherine Papile)

Daniel Delevin

Julian

Penelope Kaufer

Banker (uncredited)

Caryn Ruby

Paparazzi

Did you know?

Trivia

It took Jieho Lee and Bob DeRosa six years to complete this film.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar plays a pop star, however she does not sing any songs herself. They are originally sung by Kim Wayman.

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Sorrow is the only character not to have a narration in her story.

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Goofs

When Pleasure gives Happiness the gun, the cut on his face has only one bandage shown, but in the rest of the movie there are two.

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When Gina is in the hospital, we see the patient monitor in demonstration mode ("demo" is flashing). It also indicates the patient is an adult male.

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When "Fingers" shoots "Pleasure" in his apartment and and they show a close up on the ejected brass hitting the carpet, it is obvious that the brass is from a blank. It has the "crimped" end on it where it was sealed.

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Quotes

Sorrow: [to Pleasure] Did you know that scars are the roadmap to the soul?

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Pleasure: [lifts cell phone to his ear just as it is about to ring - answers] It's done.

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Pleasure: Tell me...

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Faq

What does the title, "The Air I Breathe" mean?

The air you breathe is basically your life and the transition of it. This movie is about people looking at their lives and wanting to change them. It is the moment of change. It is the butterfly emerging from its cocoon. It is cyclical. It is constant. It is like breathing.

Why didn't Sorrow escape? Doesn't she have a lot of money for being a pop star and all?

Sorrow had no money to escape with. Her manager Frank had cleared out all of her accounts to try and pay back Fingers.

I don't understand why Fraser's character is Pleasure or why Whitaker is Happiness. When in the film do they show that they are these emotions?

These two characters were actually the opposite of the emotion they portrayed. It was about their journey to experience that emotion. It was more along the lines that you can't truly experience those emotions without experiencing its counterpart. Happiness shows this emotion for the first time, when he breaks out of his normal lifestyle. Pleasure experiences something close to the emotion, when the character no longer knows if the premonitions he is having are 100% true.

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