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Set in the Scottish Highlands in the early 1970s, it is about an unusual young woman and the love she has for her husband. The film is divided into seven chapters and an epilogue, separated by audio-visual art by Per Kirkeby and accompanied by music.
Aug 3, 2023 · Stig Bjorkman: Breaking the Waves has taken five years and four million pounds to realise. Where did the original idea for the film come from?
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.
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.
Aug 1, 2021 · The film is set in a severely repressed and oppressive Calvinist village in early-1970s Scotland. Women aren’t allowed to speak in church here. The opening scene has Bess attempting...
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Apr 18, 2014 · Breaking the Waves. 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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Feb 1, 2017 · Von Trier’s ‘Breaking The Waves’ is a reflection of the grueling critique and rejection that radicalized faith-based moralists see as principles of a life filled with freedom and acceptance.
