ALL THAT BREATHES

“The air in Delhi is so toxic and inhospitable to life itself that birds regularly fall from the sky like feathered rain. The creatures have done their best to compensate for other symptoms of pollution — one species began singing to each other at a higher pitch in order to pierce through the industrial noise, while another started using discarded cigarette butts as parasite repellent… ALL THAT BREATHES (is) a vital and transfixing work of urban ecology about two Muslim brothers who share an uncommonly holistic perspective of the world around them.” (David Ehrlich, IndieWire) Looking to the skies for a sense of release and purpose, they find the majestic black kite, an ecologically vital bird of prey, for whom they run a basement triage center; as meat-eaters, the birds are rejected by the city’s bird hospitals. A documentary paean to these brothers’ passion, tenacity, and tender concern for a bird more common than the NYC pigeon. ALL THAT BREATHES is the only film to be awarded both the Grand Jury Prize in World Documentary Competition (Sundance) and the L’Œil d’or documentary prize (Cannes).

DIRECTED BY SHAUNAK SEN
2022 94 MIN. INDIA / USA / UK IN HINDI WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

SIDESHOW / SUBMARINE DELUXE