Lastest BREAKTHROUGH TV Spots and More Videos Experience the latest BREAKTHROUGH TV spots and more videos! The film, directed by Roxann Dawson, stars Topher Grace, Chrissy Metz, Josh Lucas, Mike Colter, and Dennis Haysbert. BREAKTHROUGH will be released in theaters next Friday. When he was 14, Smith drowned in Lake St. Louis and was dead for nearly an hour. According to reports at the time, CPR was performed 27 minutes to no avail. Then the youth’s mother, Joyce Smith, entered the room, praying loudly. Suddenly, there was a pulse, and Smith came around.