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Breaking The Waves is a 1996 psychological romantic melodrama film directed and co-written by Lars von Trier and starring Emily Watson in her feature film ...
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Drama set in a repressed, deeply religious community in the north of Scotland, where a naive young woman named Bess McNeil meets and falls in love with ...
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Lars von Trier became an international sensation with this galvanizing realist fable about sex and spiritual transcendence.
Jun 20, 2011 · The gloomy movie by Von Trier, which is never forgotten... Drama set in a repressed, deeply religious community in the north of Scotland, ...

Breaking the Waves

R · 1996 ‧ Romance/Thriller ‧ 2h 33m
7.8/10 · IMDb 85% · Rotten Tomatoes 82% · Metacritic
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). However, the relationship grows strained when Nyman...
Release date: November 13, 1996 (USA)
Director: Lars von Trier
Distributed by: Lucky Red and October Films
Box office: $23 million
Cinematography: Robby Müller

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A simple, devoutly religious Scottish woman, Bess McNeill (Emily Watson), finds a partner in an oil rig worker from Norway, Jan Nyman (Stellan Skarsgard).
Aug 3, 2021 · I really like it. It's the best movie from Trier I've viewed. It's pretty much the depiction of a saint-like character while also criticizing ...
It tells the story of Bess, a simple woman of childlike naivete, who sacrifices herself to sexual brutality to save the life of the man she loves. Is she a ...
Jun 22, 2024 · Great show and 10x more comedic than his films. It has a sense of surrealism that almost feels like a Lynch thing in a way.
Aug 4, 2023 · Breaking the Waves is set in a quaintly imagined remote Scottish community in the pre-cellphone era of the 70s and 80s, many of whose menfolk ...
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In a small coastal town in Scotland, Bess, a religious young woman, falls in love with a charming oil rig worker. Shortly after they marry, an unfortunate ...