Film

Breathing Room

1996 · 1h 30m · Romance · Comedy

A comedy for the romantically hopeless

IMDb

4.8

She's Kathy, a comix cartoonist; he's David, teaching English to new immigrants. It's New York City, with 29 shopping days left until Christmas, and they're in love. Or are they? Their romance has been on-again, off-again because David can't bring himself to say, "I love you." He can say it in French, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, but not English. So, when she learns at an inopportune time that he's applied for a job in Ho Chi Minh City, she asks for breathing room until Christmas; the film chronicles the ensuing days of restless indecision.

Susan Floyd

Kathy

Nadia Dajani

Claire

Dan Futterman

David

Michael Chenevert

Korean Market Patron #3

Sharon Angela

Additional Patron

Amy Hohn

Cousin Judy

Saverio Guerra

Tony

Paul Giamatti

George

Joanna Chang

Cashier

Jianzhung Gu

Grocer

Steve Naidich

Korean Market Patron 1

Chris McGinn

Korean Market Patron 2

Frances Mazzuka

Korean Market Patron 4

Rod McLachlan

Cousin Andy

Stryker Hardwicke

Larry

Maribel Vasquez

Madame Vasquez

• Jon ShermanDirector
• Tom HughesWriter
• Jim DenaultDirector of Photography
• Pat IrwinOriginal Music Composer

Release date

November 8, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

R

Genres

Romance, Comedy

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