Fox 2000 pictures presents

2019 film by Roxann Dawson

Breakthrough is a 2019 American Christiandrama film directed by Roxann Dawson in her feature film directorial debut.^[3] The film was written by Grant Nieporte, based on the Christian bookThe Impossible, an account of true events written by Joyce Smith with Ginger Kolbaba.

It stars Chrissy Metz, Josh Lucas, Topher Grace, Mike Colter, Marcel Ruiz, Sam Trammel, and Dennis Haysbert with a cameo by Phil Wickham and Lecrae. Stephen Curry and Samuel Rodriguez are executive producers.^[4]

The film tells the story of a St.

Louis teenager who slipped through an icy lake on January 19, 2015, and was underwater for 15 minutes before resuscitative efforts were started. Although he was rescued, he remains in a coma, and his family must rely on their faith to get through the ordeal.^[5][6]

Breakthrough premiered in St.

Louis on March 20, 2019,^[7] and was released in the United States o