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      • The director explained, “The story for Breaking the Waves probably has its origin there. Golden Heart is the film’s Bess.” In fact, Breaking the Waves forms part of Von Trier’s ‘Golden Heart’ trilogy along with 1998’s The Idiots and 2000’s Dancer in the Dark.
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      The fairy tale behind Lars von Trier’s ‘Breaking the Waves’

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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

    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.criterion.com › current › postsLars von Trier on Breaking the Waves | Current | The ...

    Apr 18, 2014 · The following interview, conducted by Stig Björkman, originally appeared in Björkman’s 1999 book Trier on von Trier. It appears here courtesy of Björkman and Alfabeta Bokförlag AB, in a translation by Neil Smith. Breaking the Waves took five years and forty-two million kroner to make.

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    Sep 6, 2024 · Though Breaking the Waves deals with serious and relatively dark themes, it finds it origin in a Danish fairytale, revealing some of von Trier’s most juvenile inspirations.

  8. faroutmagazine.co.uk › why-breaking-the-waves-isWhy 'Breaking the Waves' is Lars von Trier's best film

    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.

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

    Aug 1, 2021 · 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 men await her arrival. They stare her down like...

  10. www.bfi.org.uk › sight-and-sound › interviewsNaked miracles: Lars von Trier on Breaking the Waves

    Aug 3, 2023 · The film is set during the 70s, in a tiny Presbyterian community on the West Coast of Scotland. Bess (Emily Watson), a trembling imp of a local girl, marries Jan (Stellan Starsgård), a hearty oil-rig worker, courting the disapproval of the village elders.

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