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Critics reviews. 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.
Apr 14, 2014 · Breaking the Waves also made international stars out of Emily Watson and Stellan Skarsgård, who bring off incredibly demanding roles that could easily have drowned less dazzling talents. Like such stylistic trailblazers as John Cassavetes and the French New Wave directors, von Trier put the creativity and integrity of the performances at the dead center of the production, freeing the actors ...
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 ...
May 2, 2002 · Main. Wave breaking is a process that is vital to many aspects of air–sea interaction and remote sensing of the oceans. It limits the height of surface waves, transfers momentum flux from waves ...
Lars von Trier Denmark, France, 1996. From controversial director Lars von Trier comes the first entry in his Golden Heart trilogy, which was followed by The Idiots and the Palme d’Or winning Dancer in the Dark. Starring Emily Watson in an uncompromising performance, Breaking the Waves remains one of Von Trier’s finest achievements.
Aug 1, 2021 · Though Breaking the Waves doesn’t fully conform to the Dogme manifesto, it unmistakably shares the movement’s spirit. Bess, sunken into a deep despair over her husband’s extended departure ...
Drama set in a repressed, deeply religious community in the north of Scotland, where a naive young woman named Bess McNeill meets and falls in love with Danish oil-rig worker Jan. Bess and Jan are deeply in love, but when Jan returns to his rig, Bess prays to God that he returns for good. Jan does return, his neck broken in an accident aboard the rig. Because of his condition, Jan and Bess are ...
