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Breaking The Waves is a 1996 psychological romantic [7] melodrama [8] film directed and co-written by Lars von Trier and starring Emily Watson in her feature film acting debut, and with Stellan Skarsgård, a frequent collaborator with von Trier.
Plot. Breaking the Waves. Jump to. Summaries. Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
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...
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Sep 6, 2024 · Breaking the Waves tells of a strange young Calvinist woman (played by Emily Watson) who lives in the Scottish Highlands in the 1970s. After her non-religious husband (played by Stellan Skarsgard) is severely injured in an industrial accident and is unable to perform sexually, he asks her to find a lover, and while she initially resists, she accepts his request, leading to increasingly cruel sexual acts with other men. ...
“Breaking the Waves” is emotionally and spiritually challenging, hammering at conventional morality with the belief that God not only sees all, but understands a great deal more than we give Him credit for.
In an Oscar-nominated performance, Emily Watson stuns as Bess, a simple, pious newlywed in a tiny Scottish village who gives herself up to a shocking form of martyrdom after her husband (Stellan Skarsgård) is paralyzed in an oil rig accident.
Overview. In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living. Lars von Trier. Reviews.
Jul 5, 1996 · 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 acting debut, and with Stellan Skarsgård, a frequent collaborator with von Trier.
Breaking the Waves. Drama 1996 2 hr 39 min. Available on MUBI, Prime Video. Lars von Trier became an international sensation with this galvanizing realist fable about sex and spiritual transcendence.
Nov 13, 1996 · A heart-breaking drama that contrasts goodness and wickedness in the contrast between two human beings: a selfish man and a good-heart woman in love with her husband willing to do anything for him, even to die.
