Director: Paul Pompa III
Cast: Kyle Gallner, Shawn Ashmore, William Forsythe, Emyri Crutchfield, Phuong Kubacki
Just Breathe is a 2025 American thriller film directed by Paul Pompa III, running 96 minutes. Starring Kyle Gallner and Shawn Ashmore, it follows a man freshly out of jail whose attempt to reclaim his life spirals into a dangerous collision of desire, authority, and desperation.
What is Just Breathe about?
After spending a year behind bars on an assault charge, Nick Bianco walks free with one goal: find the woman he loves and rebuild what they had. But his plans unravel immediately when he discovers she has moved on — and her new admirer is none other than Chester, the very parole officer assigned to supervise Nick's release. What begins as a man's search for reconnection quickly curdles into a tense standoff between two men who cannot coexist, one holding power over the other's freedom and neither willing to walk away. The film escalates through mounting psychological pressure, narrow choices, and the constant threat that one wrong move will send Nick back inside — or worse.
Cast & crew
Kyle Gallner leads as Nick Bianco, bringing the coiled intensity he has shown across genre work. Shawn Ashmore plays Chester, the parole officer whose personal and professional roles become dangerously blurred. The supporting cast includes William Forsythe, a reliable presence in crime and thriller films, alongside Emyri Crutchfield, Phuong Kubacki, Sarah Pribis, Harrison Stone, and Bryant Carroll.
Context & significance
Thriller films built around institutional power — parole, incarceration, the conditions of supervised release — carry particular resonance for diaspora audiences familiar with systems that hold life in bureaucratic suspension. Just Breathe arrives with Persian dubbing, making it fully accessible to Farsi-speaking viewers who prefer to watch in their own language without reading subtitles. The film sits within a well-traveled American crime-thriller tradition: ordinary men trapped by circumstance, escalating stakes, and the slow erosion of any clean exit. For Iranian diaspora viewers seeking tense, character-driven Hollywood fare in Persian, this title delivers that experience directly.
Where & how to watch
Just Breathe is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing, so you can follow every scene in Farsi without subtitles. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and you can cancel anytime.