The
 Vincent
PEREZ
Archives

USA
2009
100 minutes

Synopsis: Every day, rising L.A. District Attorney Paul Chaney and his wife, Diane, wait for word that there's a donor for their daughter, Chloe. Diagnosed with a rare degenerative condition, Chloe is on a long list to receive a rare double lung transplant. As her health worsens, Paul becomes desperate to save his young child, so desperate that he'll risk everything he has to organize an operation. When Paul learns of a Dr. Placer who performs transplants in Tijuana, Mexico, he heads south in a frantic search for the only man who may be able to save Chloe. But after arriving, he realizes Dr. Placer's medical ring runs deep into a criminal underworld where his patients aren't donors, they're victims. With his career, his family, and his life on the line, Paul finds himself at a critical crossroads: expose a massive, illegal harvesting operation and save the lives of hundreds of children, or save the life of his daughter.

Production Notes:
Originally titled "Run for her Life". Shot in New Mexico during the summer of 2008.

November 2009:
Echo Bridge Entertainment has picked up international rights from 26 Films to Baltasar Kormakur's new Engish-language thriller and will commence pre-sales this week at the American Film Market.  John Claflin worked on Christian Escario's early draft of the screenplay. Los Angeles-based 26 Films' Michelle Chydzik Sowa and Nathalie Marciano produced the film and retain domestic rights in anticipation of a 2009 release. "'Inhale' features all the key elements of a box office success,'" Echo Bridge's executive vice president Dan March said. "It's a fast-paced thriller genre with stellar A-List cast and production team and a critically acclaimed, up-and-coming director - the style of the film will definitely appeal to a broad audience of movie fans."

Reviews:

Todd Brown of Twitchfilm.net:
"Dermot Mulroney is essentially being asked to carry this film - he features in every shot of the promo - and he looks to be a stellar fit as the sort of weathered anti-hero Kormakur prefers, playing a DA forced to travel to Mexico to procure an illegal organ transplant to save the life of his young daughter. One of the things I love best about Kormakur is how his films interact with their environments and it was fascinating to see how the shift from Iceland to a desert environment has forced him to change his preferred palette while still retaining his signature shooting style. This one hasn't sold in North America yet but it could very well end up being something of a solid little sleeper hit for fans of intelligent, morally complex thrillers."