BREATHE portrays the tender love story of Bridget Jones Diary producer Jonathon Cavendish’s parents.

The 12a-certificate movie will be screened by Keighley Film Club at the Picture House cinema on Sunday, April 15 at 6pm.

Cavendish teamed up with Gladiator screenwriter William Nicholson to create a heartwarming and heartbreaking film, directed by Andy Serkis.

Film Club spokesman Alan Watkinson said: “Serkis has experienced disability in his own family.

“In his roles of polio-ridden Ian Dury in ‘Sex, Drugs & Rock n’ Roll’ and Gollum in ‘Lord of the Rings’ which has helped the empathy and compassion for disability shine through Breathe.

“Serkis manages to sensitively incorporate joy beside paralysis, imprisonment and a desire for death.”

Breathe is set in the 1950s and begins with the hedonistic life of Robin (Andrew Gaufield) and Diana Cavendish (Claire Foy), cut short by Robin being struck by polio from the neck down and immobilised on a hospital respirator in Kenya.

Mr Watkinson said: “Robin’s zest for life is nutured and actively supported by Diana with the aim to overcome this devastating disease and they develop a strong motive to live life to the full.

“This is in spite of doctors giving him only months to live as they want him to remain in hospital.”

Helped by Diana’s brother and an inventor, the couple devise a way to live independently, care for their son Jonathon and support other polio patients.

There will be a brief explanation of the role of Rotary International in the campaign to eradicate polio from the world. After the film Rotary will invite the audience to contribute to the End Polio Now campaign.