---
title: 'Breath (2009)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Levent Semerci'
released: '2009-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 128
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Turkey'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/breath-2009'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1171701/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Breath (2009)

2009 · 128 min · Drama, War · Turkey

Original title: Nefes: Vatan Sağolsun

## Synopsis

Breath is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by Levent Semerci. The film, which tells the story of 40 soldiers in charge of protecting a relay station near the Iraqi border in southeastern Turkey, was adapted from the short stories Tales from the Southeast and Ground Minus Zero by Hakan Evrensel and is, according to Hürriyet Daily News reviewer Emine Yıldırım, the first Turkish film that tackles, through an authentic perspective and convincing realness, the contemporary situation of the Turkish army and its long battle with the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) .

## Credits

- **Director:** [Levent Semerci](https://cinepixo.com/people/levent-semerci)
- **Producer:** [Levent Semerci](https://cinepixo.com/people/levent-semerci)
- **Screenplay:** [Hakan Evrensel](https://cinepixo.com/people/hakan-evrensel)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Fırat Yükselir](https://cinepixo.com/people/f-rat-yukselir)

## Cast

- [Mete Horozoğlu](https://cinepixo.com/people/mete-horozoglu)

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Official site: http://www.nefesfilm.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/breath-2009
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