Breathing Under Water (film)

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Breathing Under Water
Directed bySusan Dermody
Written bySusan Dermody
Produced byMegan McMurchy
Starring Anne Louise Lambert
Maeve Dermody
David Argue
Release date
  • 1991 (1991)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Box officeA$17,200 [1]

Breathing Under Water is an Australian film, the first feature from director and writer Susan Dermody. [2]

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Plot

Dermody's Breathing Under Water is tale of a main character named Beatrice who traveled to a mythical city deep in the ocean.

Cast

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References

  1. "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 11 November 2012
  2. Paul Kalina, "Breathing Under Water", Cinema Papers, August 1991 p 14-18