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The Pros and Cons of Breathing
(21:07) Los Angeles, CA - Student Film - AFI

A twisting tale of tragedy, self-hatred, repression and survival. Jude Mulvey is a hopelessly troubled youth cursed from birth with the degenerative lung disease, Cystic Fibrosis. After losing the one person Jude cared for most, the path of his life takes a dark turn. Abandoning his eligibility for a lung transplant and hospital institutionalization, he exchanges his hope for a pursuit of death and control over his own destiny.

Director: Seth Manheimer


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