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Jul 9, 2024 · For one simple reason: Breaking the Waves draws you into a dangerous game, shocking and intimidating with the story of Saint Bess McNeill, played by the debuting Emily Watson, and… it is the most brilliant, most perfect acting role I have ever seen. You can either hate or love von Trier’s film.
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Aug 1, 2021 · A look at the themes of Lars von Trier’s classic Breaking the Waves starring Emily Watson.
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Breaking The Waves is a 1996 psychological romantic [7] melodrama [8] film directed and co-written by Lars von Trier and starring Emily Watson in her feature film acting debut, and with Stellan Skarsgård, a frequent collaborator with von Trier.
Sep 6, 2024 · Lars von Trier's 1996 film 'Breaking the Waves', starring Emily Watson and Stellan Skarsgard, is certainly one of his best and was inspired by this fairy tale.
Breaking the Waves: Directed by Lars von Trier. With Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr. Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
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Sep 18, 2016 · “Lars von Trier’s Breaking the Waves is a genuinely spiritual movie that asks ‘what is love and what is compassion?'” – Martin Scorsese. In a broken dream. Set in remote North-West Scotland’s Outer Hebrides of the 1970s is the ill-at-ease and heart-rending romance of Lars von Trier’s paralyzing (and, alas, polarizing) melodrama, Breaking the Waves.
