[Perspectives] Inspiration

Recently married Robin (Andrew Garfield) and Diana (Clare Foy) Cavendish lead charmed lives. Robin imports tea from Kenya, and both enjoy the trappings of a 1950s' colonial lifestyle. There are weekend safaris with chums and tea and tennis at the British ambassador's. Then, suddenly, Robin is taken seriously ill with polio. This leaves him tetraplegic and unable even to breathe for himself. It is, as Robin puts it, “a bit of a bugger”. Breathe is a relentlessly cheerful film about how Robin and his family don't accept that tragedy necessarily follows this disaster.
Source: LANCET - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Perspectives Source Type: research