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1. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › breaking-the-waves-1996Breaking the Waves movie review (1996) - Roger Ebert

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   Nov 29, 1996 · The movie takes place in the 1970s, in a remote northern Scottish village. Bess (Emily Watson), a sweet-faced and trusting girl, is “not quite right in the head,” and her close-knit community is not pleased by her decision to marry Jan (Stellan Skarsgard), who works on one of the big oil rigs in the North Sea.

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3. filmfolly.com › movies-explained › breaking-theBREAKING THE WAVES. Von Trier’s Touching Masterpiece Explained

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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.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Breaking_the_WavesBreaking the Waves - Wikipedia

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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.

5. www.metacritic.com › movie › breaking-the-wavesBreaking the Waves Reviews - Metacritic

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   Nov 13, 1996 · Breaking the Waves Reviews - 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. Directed By: Lars von Trier.

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   • Director: Lars Von Trier

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6. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › breaking_the_wavesBreaking the Waves - Rotten Tomatoes

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   In a small and religious coastal town, a simple, devoutly religious Scottish woman, Bess McNeill (Emily Watson), finds a partner in an oil rig worker from Norway, Jan Nyman (Stellan Skarsgard)....

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   • Director: Lars Von Trier

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   • Actors: Emily Watson

7. variety.com › 1996 › filmBreaking the Waves - Variety

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   May 16, 1996 · 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 brooding exploration...

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   Is breaking the waves a good movie?

   • There may be no way to prepare for the shock of Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves, a film that accumulates moral momentum as it rolls on and bears down on you in its last half hour like a lightning strike. Emily Watson gives this musty spiritualism a flesh and-blood sympathetic center.

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   Who wrote Breaking the waves?

   • Breaking the Waves (DVD liner notes). Vol. 705. The Criterion Collection. 2014. Tiefenbach, Georg (2010). Drama und Regie (Writing and Directing): Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann. ISBN 978-3-8260-4096-2. Trier, Lars von (1996). Breaking the Waves. Faber.

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   What is breaking the waves about?

   • A narrative path leading from the sincere to the ludicrous, and culminating in a final image of flabbergasting transcendance, gives Breaking the Waves its surprising power. A trying, contrary mix of religion and carnality that teeters on the verge of preposterous self-indulgence.

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   Is breaking the waves a satire?

   • Breaking the Waves offers a remarkable testament to writer-director Lars von Trier's insight and filmmaking skill -- and announces Emily Watson as a startling talent. Von Trier’s patent insincerity and facetiousness could be read as a satire on movie emotionalism, or as its own kind of conceptual art. Either way, it’s quite an experience.

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   Where can I watch breaking the waves?

   • Rent Breaking the Waves on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV. Breaking the Waves offers a remarkable testament to writer-director Lars von Trier's insight and filmmaking skill -- and announces Emily Watson as a startling talent.

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   How did breaking the waves change Lars von Trier?

   • Breaking the Waves marked an important change in focus for Lars von Trier. In von Trier's early films, the protagonist is a man, typically a disillusioned idealist whose downfall is furthered by a deceitful, fatal woman. In this film, for the first time the protagonist is a woman, emotional and naive.

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9. collider.com › breaking-the-waves-explainedHow 'Breaking the Waves' Evokes the Spiritual ... - Collider

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   Aug 1, 2021 · A religious epic by no means, the film employs a very stripped down, minimal aesthetic to profoundly examine concepts of faith, doubt, love, and God. As such, von Trier’s film manages to...