A Toxic Mist Starts Rising in The Streets of Paris Killing Everyone That Gets Caught in it

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00:00Welcome back to Movie Recaps. Today I will show you a drama, mystery, sci-fi film from 2018,

00:06titled A Breath Away. Spoilers ahead. Watch out and take care.

00:10The movie starts with a dream, it shows an ultrasound, then a newborn baby and a girl

00:14running on an open field. We suddenly cut to our protagonist, Mathieu, who is waking up from this

00:19dream and a plan currently in the process of landing in France. On his way out of the airport,

00:24he calls his 12-year-old daughter, Sarah, to check on her and tell her he'll be there soon.

00:28After a quick drive through the highway, he arrives at his apartment, where he gets a call from Sarah

00:32through the walkie-talkie. She asks him to come over to her mom's place. After taking a box out of his

00:37bag, he leaves his apartment and crosses the street to enter a different building as one of the

00:41neighbors, Mr. Belkison, who is also making his way inside. Mathieu helps him with his oxygen tank

00:46then quickly goes upstairs and knocks on her wife Anna's door. She welcomes him with a kiss and tells

00:51him she's in the middle of teaching an online class, so while waiting, Mathieu goes to see his

00:55daughter in another room. Sarah is living in a hermetically sealed capsule that filters her air

01:00because she has a total allergy autoimmune syndrome. After saying hi to her and asking her about her

01:04crush, he gives her the box he's brought as a gift. Sarah opens it and finds natural scents from

01:09Canada, which is weird because her dad supposedly went to Marseille, Mathieu asks her to check under

01:13the bottles, and when she does, she finds an SD car that she quickly moves to put in her virtual reality

01:18set. Mathieu recorded the Rocky Mountains for her. We next cut to Anna, who is finishing her online

01:24class. Mathieu comes to talk to her then, he tells her he didn't go to Marseille for an interview,

01:29he went to Canada because a new treatment has been discovered and they have room for Sarah.

01:33Anna is skeptical since she never heard of it from their doctor, Mathieu explains it's new and it hasn't

01:37been published yet. They just need to move to Canada, which Anna doesn't like. She thinks Mathieu is

01:42complicating things, they've already been lucky enough to get Sarah out of the hospital and she has a life.

01:47But Mathieu doesn't think that's a life. Meanwhile, Sarah is having a video call with some friends that

01:52have the same condition as her, including a girl named Charlotte and Sarah's crush, Noe, who refers to

01:57their little group as goldfishes in a tank. Back to Mathieu and Anna, they're still discussing this new

02:01treatment. Mathieu wants Anna to think about it, Anna says they can go when there are real results, but

02:06Mathieu replies it must be decided now. He wants these doctors to get Sarah out of the capsule so he can

02:11finally hug her. Anna asks for more time, so Mathieu leaves the apartment and returns to his own.

02:17While Sarah continues to chat with her friends, the TV shows important news, an earthquake of a

02:21magnitude never seen before has isolated Sweden and Denmark. Mathieu hears this from the shower,

02:26and it's at that exact moment that an earthquake hits Paris as well. The power suddenly goes out

02:30and Sarah's capsule changes to battery mode. She calls her dad, who is hurrying to get dressed,

02:35to ask what's going on. Mathieu tells her he'll be over soon. When he makes out he hears alarms and sees

02:41people running on the streets. Sarah tries to contact him again, he tells her she and her mom

02:45should stay put. He walks down the street and, after noticing a flock of birds desperately flying

02:50away, he finally finds the problem. There is a thick mist coming out of the ground and killing

02:54anyone that breathes it. It is expanding and taking over the city, so Mathieu immediately starts running

02:59back to his family. Once inside, he finds Anna by the window so he quickly drags her away, telling her not

03:05to breathe the mist. To Sarah, he says that they'll have to leave her there, but promises they'll come

03:09back for her soon. As the mist also makes its way up inside the building, Mathieu and Anna rush upstairs

03:14until they make it to the highest apartment where an elderly couple, Lucien and Colette live. Lucien

03:19lets them in and Mathieu runs to the window to check on the fog, it has stopped at roof level.

03:24Mathieu then asks for some rags which he uses to cover the spacer under the door while Anna contacts Sarah

03:28with a walkie-talkie. Sarah tells them the fog has invaded her room but she's fine because the capsule

03:33protects her. Afterward, both couples go out to the balcony to look at the city, which is now

03:38completely covered by the mist, leaving only the rooftops visible. Colette gets scared, so her

03:43husband comforts her by saying their son is fine and takes her back inside. Mathieu and Anna wonder

03:47if the fog is toxic and where it came from, and they see two helicopters fly by. They decide to also

03:52return inside before the fog kills them. In the capsule, Sarah watches the fog get thicker around her.

03:58Back in the apartment, Lucien and Colette are checking their food while Anna looks at the capsule

04:02battery on her phone app. There are four bars left, which Sarah confirms on her side. This means she

04:08still has ten hours of battery. While they chat, Mathieu finds some binoculars, which he hangs on his

04:13shoulder as he goes out to the balcony and climbs the wall to reach the rooftop. There he uses the

04:17binoculars to look farther at the city, the mist truly is everywhere. He returns to the balcony to

04:22find Lucien trying to use his phone, but there is still no signal. His son lives two blocks from

04:27there on a low floor, but he's smart so Lucien is sure he's safe. Colette shows up then,

04:32saying they should go visit their son, and Lucien has to remind her of the mist. She has memory

04:36problems. They all go back inside and after she ends her talk with Sarah, Anna asks Mathieu for an

04:41update, but he hasn't seen any rescue teams. Anna is worried about the capsule battery life. Meanwhile,

04:47Lucien searches his closet to find an old radio and brings it over to the table. While the others take

04:52a look at it, Lucien goes out to the hallway to check the fog. He puts his hand in and nothing happens,

04:57he sniffs his fingers after but there's no smell. He decides to go back inside, where Anna is working

05:02on the radio because it doesn't work. Mathieu wants to go check on Sarah, Anna points out he wouldn't

05:07be able to hold his breath for so long. An idea comes to Mathieu then, he remembers Mr. Belkasum

05:12and his oxygen tank. He could hold his breath long enough to get the tank then visit Sarah freely,

05:17since he is only living one floor under it. Mathieu opens the window, gets a hammer and flashlight from

05:21Lucien and some tape from a drawer and climbs out, taking a deep breath before entering the fog.

05:26When he makes it to Mr. Belkasum's, he enters it after breaking the window with a hammer and starts

05:30looking around with the flashlight. First he finds Mr. Belkasum's body on the floor, and his search

05:35thankfully comes to end quickly when he finds the oxygen tank a moment later. He puts the mask on

05:40and covers the holes with the tape and when hears his wife calling out, he peeks out the window to

05:43tell her he's fine. While grabbing a bag to put the tank in and carry it on his back, he hears some

05:48noises coming from another room, when he opens it, a puppy runs out and Mathieu notices the body of

05:53the dog parent inside. He leaves the apartment and goes to see Sarah, who is scared. Mathieu leaves

05:58her food, a flashlight and some batteries for the walkie-talkie before changing the battery of the

06:02capsule. When he's done, he tells Sarah rescue will come soon but she still must make the food last.

06:08He leaves after promising he'll return soon. Instead of going up, he decides to go outside,

06:13where he finds bodies everywhere on the streets. He's in the middle of taking the batteries from various

06:17cars, when he hears a whistle and goes to check where it comes from, he's surprised to find some

06:21soldiers leading a group of survivors, everyone is wearing masks. When he asks what's going on,

06:26the soldier tells him they're taking the people to Manmartre, which is a hill so the fog hasn't

06:30reached it. He also says they don't know where it comes from or how far it reaches either.

06:35After giving Mathieu one of his masks, the soldier tries to take him with him, but Mathieu turns down the

06:39offer, explaining his family situation and asking for one extra mask. The soldier gives it to him before

06:45leaving. In the meantime, Sarah and Anna chat through the walkie-talkies. Sarah is worried

06:50about her dad, Anna tells her to do her exercises and starts guiding her through them when Mathieu arrives.

06:55As the elders come closer, he tells everyone about what he found and informs them they'll have to

06:59spend the night there. He also asks Anna if she wants to go see Sarah, but she's against the idea,

07:04she'd rather save the oxygen for an emergency. Later at night, Anna continues to work on the radio

07:09while Lucianne and Colette ask her questions about Sarah's illness, remembering the day the family

07:13arrived at the building with the big capsule. Meanwhile, Mathieu goes out to the hallway once

07:17again to check on the fog and notices it's raising. He makes a mark on the wall with the time to keep

07:22track of it. He goes back inside as the elders are leaving for bed, and after Anna asks, he tells

07:27her about the mist going up. They realized services aren't coming back soon and it'll only get worse

07:31from now on. Mathieu goes to sleep, but Anna can't. So she decides to visit a sleeping Sarah after all,

07:38and takes the chance to change the capsule battery before leaving.

07:41We cut to the dream of a girl running through an open field again, which is interrupted when

07:44Mathieu wakes up in the morning. He finds Anna working on the radio with tools she's brought

07:49from her place and she finally manages to fix it, but all the channels are transmitting the

07:52same emergency recording on repeat. Suddenly they hear an exploding noise from outside, so Mathieu and

07:57Anna go out to the roof to see what's going on, there's fire on Manmartre, the riots have started.

08:03Once they return to the apartment, Anna says they should go to stay at Charlotte's because they live on a

08:07hill and Sarah could share her friend's capsule. Lucienne thinks Sarah shouldn't leave her capsule,

08:11but Mathieu explains there are special suits they can use to move her, but they're in a lab in the

08:15middle of Paris. Anna says it's easy to get lost to reach that place so she should go because she's

08:19been there before, Mathieu decides to go with her to protect her. They stop by Sarah's first, to tell

08:24her of their plan and that they left the walkie-talkie with Lucienne in case you need anything. Sarah asks

08:29them to check on Noé, who lives nearby. A moment later, Mathieu and Anna are out on the streets,

08:35and they quickly reach Noé's building. They aren't able to make it inside though, because an angry

08:39dog shows up and starts chasing them. They start running away and after some blocks, accidentally

08:44get separated while dodging cars. Anna's calls for his husband distract Mathieu, who ends up falling

08:49into the same river. Anna manages to hide behind a car at first, but when she accidentally makes a

08:54noise, the dog finds her again and resumes the chase. Desperate and afraid, Anna gets on a bus

08:59and the dog closely follows her, but its leash gets stuck on a suitcase which stops him from moving

09:03farther. Anna takes the chance to escape through a window and runs to the bridge to look at the river

09:08to find Mathieu, but he isn't anywhere in sight so she goes back to the streets. Turns out Mathieu has

09:13swummed to a set of stairs that allows him to get out of the river. While Anna checks the city map,

09:17Mathieu takes off his wet jacket and puts on a dry one he's taken from a random body. He also notices

09:22there's a hazmat suit inside a fallen van. Back to Anna, she's finally reached the lab and when she's

09:27about to enter, she finds Mathieu running toward her. After checking on each other, they get inside.

09:33Meanwhile, Sarah is playing battleship with Lucien through the walkie-talkie, and Lucien is cheating.

09:38Inside the lab, Mathieu and Anna find more bodies and a small fire in one of the rooms,

09:42but they keep going until they find a suitcase with the suit they need. On their way out, they pass by

09:47the room on fire again but this time it explodes, pushing them back against the wall. They survive,

09:52but Mathieu is on fire. Anna searches for an extinguisher and puts it off. When he checks

09:57on his husband she realizes he's having trouble breathing and they soon find the cause,

10:00the explosion broke the oxygen tube of his tank. Mathieu takes his mask off and Anna starts sharing

10:05her own oxygen with him as they go upstairs to find a room that fog hasn't invaded yet.

10:10Once they make it to one, they discover Mathieu has a nasty burn on the side of his body,

10:14so while he takes off his jacket and throws some water on it, Anna searches for a first aid kit.

10:18She takes it to Mathieu as soon as she finds it and carefully bandages the wound while teasing him

10:22for his tattoo. When it's time to go, they realize the tank doesn't have enough oxygen left for both

10:27of them. Mathieu tells Anna to go with it, he'll find a way by his own, like maybe taking the rooftops.

10:33At first Anna refuses, but Mathieu reminds her Sarah needs her and that he trusts her girls to

10:37find some oxygen later with the help of the suit. The couple shares a passionate kiss before separating.

10:42While Anna runs through the streets with the suitcase, Mathieu makes his way through the roofs.

10:46Anna's tank is running out of oxygen, so she has to take the mask off before entering the building.

10:51She manages to hold her breath long enough to return to Lucien's place,

10:54where she discovers the explosion has damaged the suitcase and its contents.

10:58Meanwhile, Mathieu finds some provisions and a rope on one of the rooftops. After giving the rope

11:03a tug to test it, he climbs it to reach the roof of a parking lot. In there, he finds more bags with

11:08supplies and a trail of blood that takes him to the body of a cop. Then he enters the building and

11:12finds a little camp that holds an oxygen tank and a rifle. He takes the tank for himself and when

11:17he's about to leave, a different cop shows up that tells him the fog is rising faster by the hour and

11:21asks him to put down the mask. The cop takes out his gun to kill him as he did with the other guy,

11:25but Mathieu puts on the mask and pushes him off the edge of the platform. They fall on top of the car

11:30and struggle for control. The officer tries to get off Mathieu to reach his gun but Mathieu grabs him from

11:35behind and keeps him with him long enough for the fog to have its effect on him. Back in the apartment,

11:39Sarah and Anna are once again chatting through the walkie-talkies. Sarah asks if there's anything

11:44after death and that she believes things can't just end here. Anna mentions she's a scientist so

11:49she can't believe the fog is divine or magic, it must be a reaction to something. Their talk is

11:53interrupted when Anna's phone alerts her that the capsule battery is running out. After a quick look

11:58at Mathieu running through the streets, we see Anna getting ready to go change the capsule battery,

12:02which is dangerous but she has no other choice since there are only 10 minutes left. Lucien offers to go

12:07himself, since he thinks it's fine if a man his age doesn't make it back, but Anna refuses. After

12:11another short talk with Sarah where his daughter confesses her crush, Anna rushes out of the

12:15apartment and into the capsule room, where the battery has already died. Sarah notices her mother

12:20isn't wearing a mask and worries, but Anna concentrates on changing the battery and getting the capsule

12:24running again before leaving. A short moment later Mathieu arrives and Sarah tells him what happened,

12:29he wastes no time climbing the stairs only to find his wife couldn't make it. Sarah hears him cry

12:34out in agony and calls him on the walkie-talkie as he returns to the apartment, he takes the

12:38conversation to the balcony to privately tell her the bad news. Some time later, the adults are

12:43passing time in the apartment when another earthquake shakes Paris. Mathieu goes to the

12:46balcony and confirms the fog is finally reaching their floor, they can't stay there any longer.

12:51He remembers the hazmat suit he saw in a van and intends to go retrieve it to fix Sarah's,

12:55he also wants to bring oxygen for Lucien and his wife, but Lucien turns it down. He and his wife had a

13:01good life and don't want to continue living without their son, so they'll stay there and let the mist

13:05take them. After offering some words of sympathy, he leaves the place and checks on Sarah, who ignores

13:10him until he mentions he's leaving. Sarah gets angry because she thinks he'll end up like her mother,

13:14but he explains this is the only option and promises he'll come back. Back in the apartment,

13:19the elderly couple lays down on the bed, holding hands and reassuring each other that they're happy

13:23with the life they've lived together. Then they close their eyes as the mist makes its way into their room.

13:28Outside, Mathieu has no trouble finding the van with the suit. After retreating it,

13:32he starts running back and on the way, he finds a scooter with the key still on,

13:36so he decides to ride it. When he's getting close to his building, however,

13:40a boy suddenly appears in front of him, so Mathieu turns abruptly to dodge him and crashes.

13:44In the capsule, Sarah is trying to call him on the walkie-talkie to no avail and she freezes when

13:48a mysterious someone enters her room. On the street, Mathieu is slowly regaining consciousness

13:53and notices he has quite a wound on his head. He retrieves the suit and the walkie-talkie and limps

13:57his way back to the building while trying to get in contact with his daughter. He barely manages to

14:02take a couple of steps before he must stop to rest on the floor because the pain is unbearable,

14:06but he forces himself to stand up when he sees two shadows approaching him, it's Sarah and Noe.

14:11Sarah runs to him and for the first time since she was born, Mathieu finally gets to hug his daughter.

14:15Sarah explains that Noe can pick her up because the mist doesn't affect youngsters.

14:19Mathieu is so happy that he takes off his mask for a second so he can kiss Sarah's head while hugging

14:24her again. He tells her she's finally free. We cut to the dream one last time,

14:28this time we clearly see it's Sarah the one running on an open field with Noe and her other friends.

14:33Mathieu wakes up then, showing us some time has passed and things have changed,

14:37it's now Mathieu that stays inside the capsule waiting while Sarah is outside taking care of him

14:41and getting in touch with the walkie-talkie. Their roles have reversed.

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