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  1. 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.

  2. Oct 6, 2021 · Described by Martin Scorsese as “a genuinely spiritual movie that asks ‘what is love and what is compassion?” in conversation with Roger Ebert, Breaking the Waves is Lars von Trier’s very best film, facilitating the director’s outbreak into industry fame.

  3. BREAKING THE WAVES (Remastered in 4K) This restored edition of Lars Von Trier's powerful drama features a recorded introduction by Ari Aster, writer-director of the acclaimed HEREDITARY and MIDSOMMAR. Bess McNeill (Emily Watson) lives a calm and quaint Christian life amongst the Scottish Highlands.

  4. Aug 1, 2021 · Published Aug 1, 2021. Link copied to clipboard. A wide-eyed young woman, battered and bruised, advances on turbulent waves in a small boat. Her destination is a barge, on which some alarming...

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  5. The film is divided into seven chapters and an epilogue, separated by audio-visual art by Per Kirkeby and accompanied by music. The film is an international co-production between the US, Denmark, seven other European countries, and is von Trier's first feature film with his Danish production company Zentropa.

  6. Apr 18, 2014 · Breaking the Waves is full of dramatic events, and it expresses strong feelings and thoughts—love, passion, faith, betrayal—but it also pays a lot of attention to detail. The interior of Bess’s home, for instance, with the pictures of the dogs and cats on the wall, or the hospital, where, during one dramatic scene, you can see a woman in ...

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  8. 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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