The film stars Joséphine Japy, Lou de Laâge and Isabelle Carré.

[3] It was also screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

[5][6] Charlie (Joséphine Japy) is a teenage high school student whose parents are breaking up.

At school she is assigned to take care of new student Sarah (Lou de Laâge), a white girl who has recently moved from Nigeria, where her mother works for a charity, to live with her aunt.

In order to find out the truth about Sarah, Charlie follows her home from school where she learns she lives in a rough part of town with her alcoholic mother.

However, the next day at school Sarah once again ignores her, even giving a necklace she was given by Charlie's mom to another girl as a present.

The site's critical consensus reads, "Breathe finds writer-director Mélanie Laurent opening a sensitive, well-acted window into the bittersweet upheaval of adolescence.

"[10] Metacritic gives the film a rating of 78 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".