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Rory Kinnear (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power<\/em>, James Bond franchise) and Maria Bakalova (The Apprentice<\/em>, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm<\/em>) star in director Rebekah Fortune\u2019s Learning\u00a0to\u00a0Breathe Under Water<\/em>, written by Richard Brabin. But the real star is young Ezra Carlisle (Dalgliesh<\/em>), who plays the eight-year-old Leo in the film, which world premieres on Tuesday, July 7 in the Special Screenings program of the\u00a060th edition\u00a0of the\u00a0Karlovy Vary\u00a0International\u00a0Film Festival\u00a0(KVIFF).<\/p>\n

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With his mother gone for five years for, initially, unclear reasons, Leo\u2019s best friend is a massive shark that his artist father (Kinnear) built into the roof of their home. Leo confides in the shark to process a confusing world until the spirited and bubbly au pair Anya (Bakalova) bursts into their lives. Her never-ending questions shatter the silence, and her answers are really straightforward and honest. Her boundless energy and warmth bring color to their lives and challenges the male duo to step out of their comfort zone, which is mostly in their heads.<\/p>\n

The KVIFF website, unsurprisingly, promises audiences an \u201cenchanting film for parents and children about how to talk together and how to grieve together, about how the world of adults is sometimes hard to understand, and how children\u2019s opinions really should be taken seriously. And, above all, it\u2019s about learning how to breathe again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richard Kendrick\u00a0provided the cinematography for Learning to Breathe Under Water<\/em>, which was shot in Galway, Ireland and edited by Sam Hodge. The producers behind the Shudder Films and Wildcard project are Jack Tarling (Kneecap<\/em>) and Patrick O\u2019Neill. Bankside Films is handling sales on the movie, which was featured in the BFI\u2019s Cannes Great 8 showcase 2025.<\/p>\n

THR<\/em> can now exclusively premiere a clip for Learning to Breathe Under Water<\/em> to whet your appetite a bit. Leo and Anya talk about the boy\u2019s parents and his, partially animated, read on the world. Enjoy the clip right here!<\/p>\n

Ahead of the film\u2019s world premiere, Fortune and Bakalova talked to THR<\/em> about what spoke to them about Learning to Breathe Under Water<\/em>, its great ensemble, including its promising youngster, and how the movie takes audiences inside the head of its young protagonist.<\/p>\n

Both women were blown away by Brabin\u2019s script. Fortune put out a call for scripts to the BBC Writersroom department during a COVID lockdown. \u201cI wanted to stay at least a bit creative to not go stir crazy,\u201d she recalls. \u201cRichard sent me the first five pages, and I just instantly fell in love with Leo. I think the reason it spoke to me really was that, being autistic myself, the way Leo just says what he thinks, but also struggles to process things at the same time, was quite refreshing. He basically cuts through all the adult waffle [or blabbering] and just says it how it is. I could wear Leo quotes on my T-shirt all the time. And I loved that Richard was really keen that we didn\u2019t just observe Leo from the outside, but we were inside with him to experience how he was observing the world and how he processes the world. That was a major draw for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

From there, Fortune found herself connecting with all of the characters in different ways. \u201cAnya has almost this ADHD verbal diarrhea, which is also me,\u201d the director tells THR<\/em>. \u201cShe\u2019s incredibly open \u2013 to a fault at times. And Peter is massively misjudged a lot of the time, and that\u2019s also really interesting. You\u2019re judging a person because they\u2019re not presenting the way you think is right, and I find that this, as an autistic person, is a big thing.\u201d <\/p>\n

The tone of Learning to Breathe Under Water<\/em> also spoke to Fortune. \u201cI like things that are moving but heartwarming,\u201d she explains. \u201cYes, you might have a cry somewhere in the film, but you also feel hopeful, and I think that\u2019s really important. The world\u2019s horrible enough as it is, but if we\u2019re all a bit more human to each other, a bit kinder to each other, accept that it\u2019s okay not to be okay and stop judging, we can actually be better for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bakalova also immediately felt the Learning to Breathe Under Water<\/em> script resonating with her. \u201cIt\u2019s a special movie. And I felt it was a special script from the moment I got to read it,\u201d she tells THR<\/em>. \u201cI fell in love with the story. It\u2019s something that is universal and that we can all relate to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just like Fortune, she recalls how \u201cI also immediately fell in love with Leo and his perspective\u201d that makes the film \u201cvery human and very empathetic.\u201d <\/p>\n

Her own character, Anya, drew Bakalova in as well. \u201cShe has something magical within her; this childlike personality that I often dare to play with,\u201d she shares. \u201cI used to do that, I think, more when I was maybe a little bit younger. Maybe because of that, I connected with the idea of approaching it again and imagining that I could be this free-spirited young woman who just dares to ask a lot of questions, dares to provoke the universe and dares to try new things and not quit.\u201d Such as meeting a family for the first time and \u201copenening her heart and her mind to this little boy who in the beginning is pushing her away, but she\u2019s not going to quit.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actress and her director laud the chemistry between the members of the Learning to Breathe Under Water<\/em> ensemble. \u201cI knew of Rory from the stage, because my background is also in theater,\u201d explains Bakalova. \u201cRory is such an incredible national treasure. So having the chance to work with somebody like him was something remarkable for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

When she met their young colleague Carlisle, \u201cI immediately lost my mind and my words,\u201d Bakalova tells THR<\/em>.\u201dI absolutely immediately felt he\u2019s such a special creature, a little bit of a magical human being. He says so many things with just his eyes and with his silences as well, so he was such a gift from the universe. I have the feeling Ezra has an exceptionally developed inner world, and I\u2019m just looking forward to seeing his acting future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bakalova also shares something surprising. \u201cSomething I feel was helpful to me was that we made this movie almost straight after The Apprentice<\/em>, where I got to play Ivana Trump, who is such a complex character \u2013 layered and a person who wears so many masks,\u201d the star tells THR<\/em>. \u201cI think she\u2019s different with different people, which helped me think about us as human beings. I don\u2019t think we\u2019re two-faced or fake or hypocritical, but we do show different sides of ourselves in front of different people. And I think that Anya is similar.\u201d <\/p>\n

In fact, Anya also isn\u2019t as much in control as she may initially seem. \u201cEven if she has a lot of problems in her personal life, when she meets someone like Ezra, that connection opens up something in her soul as well,\u201d explains Bakalova.<\/p>\n

Fortune calls herself \u201ctruly blessed\u201d by the cast that came together to create Learning to Breathe Under Water<\/em>. \u201cRory, I had admired for years, having seen him a lot in theater and absolutely loving him in the TV show Penny Dreadful<\/em>. I could totally see him as Peter,\u201d she recalls. \u201cMaria just has that energy that Anya felt like she needed. She\u2019s got so much life and energy, and she just needs to walk into the room, and that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n

How did the creative team go about casting the role of young Leo? \u201cI was super keen to see neurodivergent children, whether they were diagnosed or undiagnosed,\u201d Fortune tells THR<\/em>. \u201cI felt like it was quite important that that characteristic was there.\u201d Self-taped auditions allowed her to see kids chatting about themselves and their hobbies. \u201cI watched hundreds, and when I saw Ezra, I just knew and said I don\u2019t need to see anybody else.\u201d <\/p>\n

In a Zoom interaction with the young actor, Fortune confirmed that Carlisle was the right choice. \u201cIt was just some of the things he did and said,\u201d she shares. \u201cI\u2019d said that the meeting was finishing at 11 o\u2019clock, for example. And at 11, he got out of his chair and left the room, and his mother went, \u2018I\u2019m so sorry, but I told him we were going swimming at 11 when this is finished, so he\u2019s gone to get his swimming kit.\u2019 I thought: \u2018Perfect, that\u2019s Leo!’\u201d<\/p>\n

During an improvisation exercise, Fortune asked her young lead to get angrier. \u201cBut he really struggles with that emotion of anger, because he\u2019s not been around it,\u201d she tells THR<\/em>. \u201cSo, our casting director and I said, \u2018 Imagine some kids have stolen your football,\u2019 and she played one of those kids and said, \u2018I\u2019ve kicked your football so far that it\u2019s gone to the other side of the world.\u2019 And Ezra just went: \u2018That\u2019s not actually physically possible.\u2019 So, I knew: he is Leo.\u201d<\/p>\n

[SPOILER WARNING: Parts of the next two paragraphs contain spoilers for the film.]
Now, why is there a shark on the roof of the house that the father and son live in? \u201cThe film explores how Leo makes sense of the world, including the death of his mother. He\u2019s created this fantasy around it. She was eaten by a shark, but he doesn\u2019t see it like that. He sees that his dad was a hero and wrestled the shark, and he kind of flips that on its head visually as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bakalova also highlights how the shark is part of the eventual change the characters experience. \u201cOnce you learn how to breathe, you will start accepting life the way that it is,\u201d she summarizes one of the lessons from the film. \u201cYou will bring your family and friends back together. You will open up all the boxes that you tried to close and forget, and it\u2019s the same with Ezra. He has this hole on the wall, which is covered with a poster, but then the poster is gone, and then the shark is gone, and then he is dropped into the water, and he has to start breathing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bakalova calls the film\u2019s title, Learning to Breathe Under Water<\/em>, \u201cincredible,\u201d explaining: \u201cIt\u2019s a metaphor, but also truthful to life and swimming. I\u2019m having swimming lessons in preparing for my next project, and I just learned for the first time how, when you swim professionally, you have to keep your head underwater and pull it up only to take a quick breath.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fortune shares with THR<\/em> that the original title of the script was Dead Sea<\/em>, which she felt \u201csounded more like a horror film.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toast jumping out of a toaster to the sound of the device is a recurring visual feature of the film, as are animated sections. What\u2019s that about?! \u201cThat wasn\u2019t in the script,\u201d Fortune says. \u201cWe had shots of the toast, because toast was really important to Leo, because it\u2019s what they eat all the time. Also, one of the only facts he knows about his mother is that she liked toast. So, the toast seemed to be this emotional thread. It\u2019s also so mundane and ritualistic.\u201d <\/p>\n

The sound of the finished toast popping up also filled a key audio role. \u201cThe film is very quiet at the beginning, to the point where sometimes, people are asking if something\u2019s gone wrong with the sound,\u201d the director explains. \u201cBut that was intentional. This very quiet space with very little ambient sound was meant to not feel calming, but like a pressure. But when that toast cuts through, it does make you jump. It\u2019s like a mini jump scare, but a domestic jump scare. It\u2019s this very ordinary thing that can actually be quite shocking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the animated scenes lean into how the film shows the world through Leo\u2019s eyes. \u201cThis is how he makes sense of the world,\u201d notes Fortune. Adds Bakalova: \u201cWe really get a sense for how Leo sees the world, which is unique, and that\u2019s why having animations in the film is really special. Having him think out loud is also something that I wish we could more in cinema. It kind of reminded me of the French movie Ameli\u00e9<\/em>, where you also get this feeling of something that is real, yet otherworldly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fortune loved her experience on the Learning to Breathe Under Water<\/em> set. So much so that \u201cI\u2019m actively working on more projects with [producer] Jack [Tarling],\u201d she tells THR<\/em>. \u201cWe had a brilliant collaborative partnership, and I feel so supported by him. And so we\u2019re really actively working on trying to find projects to work on together. I really want to do more genre work, so I\u2019m working on a horror and a sci-fi thriller. Although they are bigger cinematic worlds than in this film, they\u2019re still about people who are othered and the way that we perceive people and who\u2019s valuable and who\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bakalova can\u2019t yet share what she is working on next, but hopes that Learning to Breathe Under Water<\/em> will find and speak to a wide audience. \u201cIt\u2019s been a beautiful journey,\u201d she tells THR<\/em>. \u201cI wish we get to do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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