Four short fables in which characters
collide with fate – and each other – comprise THE AIR I
BREATHE, an ambitious and absorbing drama from debuting
director/writer Jieho Lee. Boasting a brilliant ensemble
cast, the film is inspired by a Chinese proverb that breaks
life down into four key emotions – Happiness, Sorrow,
Pleasure, and Love – and each vignette is built around a
character who embodies one of these key emotions.
In “Happiness,” 2006 Best Actor Oscar Winner Forest Whitaker
stars as a timid banker who impulsively bets every cent he
has, and then some, on a supposedly “sure thing.” In
“Sorrow,” Sarah Michelle Gellar is a rising pop star whose
contract falls under the control of a ruthless crime boss
(Oscar-nominee Andy Garcia), and his corrupt nephew (Emile
Hirsch). In “Pleasure,” Brendan Fraser stars as a man who
can see into the future of everyone he meets, but is totally
blind when it comes to his own; and in “Love,” Kevin Bacon
plays a doctor who pines for a woman he can never possess
(Julie Delpy), only to find that he suddenly holds her life
in his hands. Though each of the characters believes that
his or her life is governed by hazard and chance, their
unbridled emotions, impulsive choices, and reckless moves
all prove one universal truth: character is destiny, and
each of us makes our own fate.
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