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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.
- Felix Van Groeningen
- 2 min
Oct 31, 2013 · In “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” directed by Felix van Groeningen, a Belgian couple are buffeted by the news that their daughter has cancer.
- Felix Van Groeningen
Set between 1999 and 2006, Broken Circle weirdly depicts a digital-free world; everyone speaks face to face and there is barely a laptop or mobile phone in sight. The story is ‘timeless’, dramatising basic human experiences explored at least since the Greeks and the narrative could have been adapted to any period.
Based on a play co-written by Johan Heldenbergh, who also stars as Didier, the male lead, this is intricately written, thoughtfully directed, viscerally acted cinema. Bluegrass enthusiast and band leader Didier falls passionately in love with Elise, a spirited tattoo artist.
- Bert Huysentruyt
- Felix Van Groeningen
Nov 1, 2013 · “The Broken Circle Breakdown” opens on a tight shot of a group of down-home, country bluegrass musicians performing “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.” They may be “down home”—but not in the country you think. Though their English sounds flawless, they are actually Flemish musicians in Ghent 2006.
The Broken Circle Breakdown's reach occasionally exceeds its grasp, but overall, it's an intoxicating, finely wrought romance -- and one with a terrific soundtrack to boot. Read Critics...
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