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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.
Jul 9, 2024 · 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.
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?
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...
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Oct 6, 2021 · Set on the harsh coastline of northwest Scotland, von Trier’s film is a carnal love story following the wife of a paralysed oilman, who is encouraged to sleep with other men by her husband despite her strict religious faith.
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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Apr 14, 2014 · It’s a journey into the human heart, so the story and characters are what matter most. Watson plays Bess McNeill, an innocent young woman who lives on an island off Scotland’s northern coast, where the inhospitable climate and landscape are matched by the stony joylessness of the inhabitants.
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