• Director(s)

    Amy Koppelman

  • Production Year

    2021

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    105m

  • Cast

    Jennifer Carpenter, Britt Robertson, Amanda Seyfried, Paul Giamatti, Finn Wittrock, Amy Irving

Film

A Mouthful Of Air

mental health and suicide themes, domestic abuse

A MOUTHFUL OF AIR is a drama in which a young mother struggles with postpartum depression.…

A MOUTHFUL OF AIR is a drama in which a young mother struggles with postpartum depression.

suicide and self-harm
A woman's mental health issues lead to an attempted suicide which is depicted discreetly and without strong detail. There are other references to suicide, including scenes in which the woman disguises the evidence of the attempt to take her own life.
theme
There are references to mental illness, including anxiety and depression, which lie in the histories of characters. The particular issue of postpartum depression being suffered by a women in the present is depicted sensitively, but also with suggestions that her condition is neither recognised nor understood by her family or medical support network. A father's history of mental illness is implied to have led to domestic violence directed at his family.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'asshole', 'damn' and 'God'. There are references to abortion.

  • Director(s)

    Amy Koppelman

  • Production Year

    2021

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    105m

  • Cast

    Jennifer Carpenter, Britt Robertson, Amanda Seyfried, Paul Giamatti, Finn Wittrock, Amy Irving

mental health and suicide themes, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
14/02/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
suicide and self-harm
A woman's mental health issues lead to an attempted suicide which is depicted discreetly and without strong detail. There are other references to suicide, including scenes in which the woman disguises the evidence of the attempt to take her own life.
theme
There are references to mental illness, including anxiety and depression, which lie in the histories of characters. The particular issue of postpartum depression being suffered by a women in the present is depicted sensitively, but also with suggestions that her condition is neither recognised nor understood by her family or medical support network. A father's history of mental illness is implied to have led to domestic violence directed at his family.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'asshole', 'damn' and 'God'. There are references to abortion.

  • Classified date

    14/02/2022

  • Language

    English