Film Analysis - 'Breathe' (Directed by Andy Serkis)

The film 'Breathe' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_YnYrLfjxA), directed by Andy Serkis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Serkis) was an interesting watch with its 1 hour and 57 minute running time. The film itself covers the overall life story of a man named Robin Cavendish (played by Andrew Garfield - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Garfield). During his early years, Robin worked as a tea collector, working to find new tastes and earn his fortune; however during a trip to Kenya he became afflicted with a severe case of polio which permanently damaged the nerves in his spine, rendering him paralysed from the neck down, making him incapable of even breathing for himself (thus giving the film its name). As the plot continues to progress, it begins to explore a variety of interesting concepts, mainly how one with such a disability copes with the overwhelming sadness and frightfulness of being incapable of breathing without the assistance of a machine; it delves into Robin's dilemma and reveals that he is suffering from a deep (yet understandable) depression, believing that suicide is the only solution. His wife, Diana Blacker (played by Claire Foy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Foy) decided that Robin should choose life over death and help her find the best way to help him. This is ultimately the main plot behind the film, the deep romantic relationship that these two share and continue to share even when Robin falls into a state of depravity.  The film conveys the love these two share in a way that can easily be interpreted differently, whilst it is still indeed possible to believe that Diana stayed with Robin out of honest and good love for him, it also infers the possibility that she only remained out of guilt seeing how the accident occurred relatively late into her pregnancy; perhaps this implies that within even the most meaningful of romances, there is a shallowness that exists in us all.
In regards to the overall performance of the film, whilst I am personally not really one for romantic dramas, i found that the acting of both Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy conveyed a hopeful and beautiful love that transcended even the full body paralysis that haunted Robin Cavendish till the end of his days. The camera angling/positioning was indeed of relatively high budget film's calibre and the lighting conveyed a sense of warmth in some scenes to emphasis the bonds between people and in others a terrifying sense of sterility, almost as though the world had been made devoid of emotion and love. Every location used conveyed a the distance taken to reach them and in turn emphasised the progression of Robin's character and mental state.
Ultimately I enjoyed the film as a whole and found myself slightly touched by how two people can employ such a sense of faith and meaningfulness in one another even when the world can't seem to get much worse.