Breathing Under Water (1993)

BREATHING UNDER WATER is the story of a womans journey into an imaginary underworld city The birth of her daughter into an increasingly perilous world has unsettled everything in Beatrices Anne Louise Lambert life Her growing unease prompts Beatrice to undertake a journey an investigation into human nature a confrontation with the fears of our time and a search for clues that will ultimately give her an answer to the central riddle of the film why has humankind set the stage for its own extinction The directors preoccupation with humankinds tendency to selfdestruct was one factor that lead to the creation of this complex film