Breaking The Waves
159 minutes,
Denmark/Sweden/France (1996), 18
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(4.7 / 47 votes)
(4.7 / 47 votes)
Lars Von Trier won a sackful of plaudits and awards for this disquieting and confrontational film. A howling commentary on love, religion and death
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Breaking The Waves: Newly wed Bess (screen debutante Watson) has fought the convention and Calvinism of 70s north-west Scotland to marry a Danish oil-rigger. But when marital bliss is cut short by her husband Jan's crippling accident, her joy is cut short. Jan insists she takes a lover in an unorthodox bid to save their marriage through vicarious sexual pleasure...
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