Veerle Baetens
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The Broken Circle Breakdown (also known as Alabama Monroe) is a 2012 Belgian drama film directed by Felix van Groeningen with a screenplay by Carl Joos and van Groeningen. It is based on the stage play of the same name by Johan Heldenbergh and Mieke Dobbels.
The Broken Circle Breakdown: Directed by Felix van Groeningen. With Johan Heldenbergh, Veerle Baetens, Nell Cattrysse, Geert Van Rampelberg. Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist.
"The Broken Circle Breakdown" fleshes out a meditation on the answers—to well-deserved acclaim on the international film festival circuit. It's a rich, raw, heartache of a film, a beautifully composed, soul-stirring drama about love, family, sex, sorrow, faith, and music.
Nov 1, 2013 · Aug 29, 2019. The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians (Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh).
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The Broken Circle Breakdown is an intensely moving cinema about passion, love, loss & sadness and paints a very touching portrait of two people who fall madly in love, start a family & pursue their passions together but when an unexpected tragedy hits their young daughter, their relationship, love for each other & everything they believe in is ...
Oct 19, 2013 · Presenting its central relationship in a Blue Valentine-style broken-backed montage of past and present, this shimmering adaptation of Johan Heldenbergh and Mieke Dobbels's play slips between...
An intensely moving portrait of a relationship from beginning to end, propelled by a soundtrack of foot-stomping bluegrass, The Broken Circle Breakdown is a romantic melodrama of the highest order. — Tribeca Film. Elise (Baetens) and Didier (Heldenbergh) have been together for seven passionate years.
