“In an age when we’re constantly reminded of all that’s bad, All That Breathes celebrates good things it’s easy to forget: the wonder of life, the virtues of compassion and the human capacity to make the world better.”
—John Powers, NPR

“Layering urban ecology, spiritual philosophy, politics and distilled character study, All That Breathes is a remarkable, vital work of cinema.”
—Nick Bradshaw, Sight & Sound

In New Delhi, one of the world’s most populated cities, cows, rats, monkeys, frogs, and hogs jostle cheek-by-jowl with people. Here, two brothers fall in love with a bird — the black kite. From their makeshift bird hospital in their tiny basement, the “kite brothers” care for thousands of these mesmeric creatures that drop daily from the city’s smog-choked skies. As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate, the relationship between this Muslim family and the neglected kite forms a poetic chronicle of the city’s collapsing ecology and rising social tensions.