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- 20th Century90s
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Breaking the Waves, 1996
English
Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Norway, Iceland
Profile of Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves can be described as disturbing, bleak, and tense. The plot revolves around a downfall, disabilities, and tragic love. The main genres are drama and romance. In terms of style, Breaking the Waves is a melodrama and stars a strong female character. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Breaking the Waves is set, at least in part, in a small town. It is located in Scotland. It takes place in the 1990s. Breaking the Waves has received attention for being essential viewing, an award winner, and critically acclaimed. Note that it involves strong sexual content, nudity, and profanity.
Summary of Breaking the Waves
Danish director Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves is a sweeping romantic fable that is photographed like a low-budget documentary, resulting in a strikingly original motion picture from one of contemporary cinema's most distinct visionaries. Bess (Emily Watson) is a shy young woman living in a small Scottish shore town. When she meets Jan (Stellan Skarsgard), the two immediately fall in love. Jan is a rig worker who immediately embraces Bess's absolute innocence. Soon after, they are married. Their magical existence comes to a crashing halt when Jan is forced to return to sea for an extended period of time. In a series of intense dialogues with God, Bess begs for Jan's return back to shore immediately, and when Jan is paralyzed in a freak accident, her wish is granted. Convinced that her prayers caused Jan's tragedy, Bess devotes her life to redeeming herself however she can. Jan insists that she experience sexual relations with a series of strangers, relating to him her escapades. Obeying his wish, she begins to see that her actions are restoring Jan's health, sparking her into committing one reckless final sacrifice. Watson delivers one of the most stunningly naked screen debuts in screen history, filling Breaking the Waves with an intensity that is tragic, yet somehow hopeful.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Norway, Iceland |
| Release date: | October 1996 |
| Runtime: | 159 min |
| Awards: | Cannes |
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as Bess McNeill
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- by: Peter Stack
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- by: Peter Travers
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- by: ani
- ani rated this movie7/10Good
