BREAKING THE WAVES
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With Breaking The Waves, director Lars von Trier fashions an often disturbing tale of the singular power of love. Bess (the Oscar-nominated Emily Watson) is a naïve, borderline simple young woman who lives in a Scottish coastal town ruled by the religious doctrine of its council of elders. Recovering from a mental breakdown caused by the death of her brother, Bess marries a rough yet compassionate and attentive oil rig worker named Jan (Stellan Skarsgård). For a brief time, the couple enjoys peaceful wedded bliss, with the worldly Jan introducing Bess to the mysteries of sex. Jan must soon return to his job on the rig, however, where he is paralyzed from the neck down in a freak accident. Bess' emotional trauma over Jan's injury turns into obsession as she prays to God for his recovery and offers to do anything to have her husband back whole. Jan, constantly medicated and profoundly depressed, asks Bess to have sex with other men and tell him about it, thinking this will allow her to return to a normal life. Bess, on the other hand, sees it as an expression of her devotion to Jan that even God won't be able to ignore. Bess's resultant downward spiral leads to a finale of both tragedy and spirituality. Breaking the Waves is widely regarded as one of the most distinctive European movies of the 1990s, marking von Trier's movement toward his influential Dogma 95 school of filmmaking, which emphasizes realistic situations of contemporary life, filmed without background music and with a hand-held, restlessly moving camera. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi
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Widescreen version
2.0 stereo
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Digitally mastered
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Interactive menus
Details
- GenreDrama
- Countries ProducedDenmark,France,Netherlands,Sweden,Norway
- Duration152 minutes
- Year of Release1996
Other
- Sound Formatstereo
- Screen FormatEnhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
- LanguagesEng
- Aspect Ratio1.85:1
- Chapter InfoSide #2 -- Breaking the Waves, 0. Scene Index, 1. Breaking the Waves [1:50], 2. Bess Gets Married [1:51], 3. The Ceremony [2:44], 4. The Reception [2:59], 5. Katrin's Toast [2:10], 6. A New Beginning [5:30], 7. Life With Jan [5:13], 8. Bess's Religion [4:44], 9. A Family Dinner [2:42], 10. Saying Goodbye [7:10], 11. Alone [3:15], 12. Phone Calls [3:51], 13. Waiting For Jan's Return [5:45], 14. The Accident [6:04], 15. The Choice [3:53], 16. Jan's Illness [1:50], 17. At the Hospital [4:42], 18. A New Doctor [3:26], 19. The Birthday Present [4:24], 20. Bess Tries [3:49], 21. Jan's Request [4:28], 22. Doubt [2:30], 23. The Seduction [4:31], 24. The Bus Ride [6:03], 25. Jan's Recovery [2:30], 26. Faith [2:43], 27. Bess's Secret [3:08], 28. Another Man [3:56], 29. Mother's Warning [1:58], 30. The Visit [5:13], 31. Jan's Deterioration [6:05], 32. Bess's Sacrifice [3:51], 33. Cast Out [2:42], 34. The Shunning [4:04], 35. A Renewal of Hope [3:47], 36. The Prayer [1:15], 37. Bess's Strength [5:14], 38. The Funeral [5:00], 39. Bess Ascends to Heaven [6:40], 40. End Credits [4:31]
- UPC707729100485
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