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Talking to Robin
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Talking to Robin was rather like playing oneof those ghastly party games where you don't...

Talking to Robin was rather like playing one
of those ghastly party games where you don't know
the rules

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Talking to Robin
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was rather like playing one of those ghastly party games
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where you don't know the rules.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:43
Uploaded
Nov 02, 2025
Genres
drama, romance
Production
The Imaginarium,BFI,BBC Film,Embankment Films,Participant,Bleecker Street,Silver Reel

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Movie Summary

Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
You mean we can't even think of such a thing - Breathe 00:05
You mean we can't even think of such a thing
I had a sort of word with the consultant, and he wouldn't hear of it. - Breathe 00:05
I had a sort of word with the consultant, and he wouldn'...
Well, Mrs. Cavendish, we do have some progress to report. - Breathe 00:05
Well, Mrs. Cavendish, we do have some progress to report.
At present, we have an inflated cuff round our tracheotomy tube - Breathe 00:09
At present, we have an inflated cuff round our tracheotomy t...
If we can swallow again, - Breathe 00:07
If we can swallow again,
He couldn't go on having no name, - Breathe 00:09
He couldn't go on having no name,
I do. I know everything he's thinking. - Breathe 00:05
I do. I know everything he's thinking.
An old priest I knew once, a very holy man, - Breathe 00:24
An old priest I knew once, a very holy man,
Yes, well... I'll be on my way. - Breathe 00:06
Yes, well... I'll be on my way.
And apparently, I love you. - Breathe 00:05
And apparently, I love you.
You don't love this. You can't love this. - Breathe 00:06
You don't love this. You can't love this.
So it looks - Breathe 00:07
So it looks
And maybe... Maybe I can make life a little better for you. - Breathe 00:07
And maybe... Maybe I can make life a little better for you.
All right. All right. We know all about that. - Breathe 00:06
All right. All right. We know all about that.
But I can't go on coming in here - Breathe 00:07
But I can't go on coming in here
Come on, there must be something I can do - Breathe 00:06
Come on, there must be something I can do
I'm afraid it's out of the question. I'm sorry. - Breathe 00:06
I'm afraid it's out of the question. I'm sorr...
No one with your husband's degree of disability - Breathe 00:17
No one with your husband's degree of disability
But I've watched what the nurses do, - Breathe 00:10
But I've watched what the nurses do,
Your husband is only alive because a machine is breathing for him. - Breathe 00:07
Your husband is only alive because a machine is breathing fo...