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A movie review by James Berardinelli. According to writer/director Lars von Trier, Breaking the Waves is "a simple love story", but "simple" hardly begins to describe this deeply disturbing, multi-layered drama. In fact, nowhere is the picture's complexity more evident than in its study of contrasts -- it is highly spiritual yet anti-religious ...
Jeremy Carr 25 Nov 2022 3. In a small coastal town in Scotland, Bess, a religious young woman, falls in love with a charming oil rig worker. Shortly after they marry, an unfortunate work accident cripples him for life, which shatters Bess’s world completely—especially when he encourages her to take on other lovers.
Nov 13, 1996 · Breaking the Waves - Metacritic. 1996. R. October Films. 2 h 39 m. Summary Set in a remote coastal village in northern Scotland, this is the extraordinary tale of a young woman's love and devotion to her husband, recently paralyzed in an oil rig accident. Drama.
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Handling. I ett samhälle under 1970-talet på den skotska nordvästkusten lever den blyga och djupt religiösa flickan Bess (Emily Watson) med skydd hos familjen, det vill säga hennes mor, farfar och svägerskan Dodo som nyligen blivit änka. Kyrkklockorna har blivit förbjudna av de äldre byborna. Jan (Stellan Skarsgård) som arbetar på en ...
Jun 29, 2021 · Breaking the Waves, both brazen and tender, profane and pure, is an examination of the expansiveness of faith and of its limits. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Lars von Trier, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
This is a well-made and widely acclaimed film by Lars von Trier, a talented director-writer whose unusual outlook sets his work apart. The Kingdom, his 1994 Danish supernatural miniseries about weird doings at a hospital, was riveting, shocking, and hilarious. Breaking the Waves is just as black and obsessive but far less funny.
May 16, 1996 · Breaking the Waves This emotionally draining film is a complete change of pace for Danish wunderkind Lars Von Trier, whose previous work includes the florid thriller "Element of the Crime"; the ...
