Breaking the Waves (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: June 29, 2021
- Originally Released: 1996
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Emily Watson & Stellan Skarsgård | |
Performer: | Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Adrian Rawlins, Sandra Voe & Udo Kier | |
Directed by | Lars von Trier | |
Edited by | Anders Refn | |
Screenwriting by | Lars von Trier | |
Produced by | Peter Aalbaek Jensen & Vibeke Windelov | |
Director of Photography: | Robby Müller |
Major Awards:
Cannes 1996 -
Jury Prize: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
85%
TOMATOMETER
...Anchored in humanity, BREAKING THE WAVES is a film that rolls with the emotions...
Sight and Sound
...Skillful and provocative filmmaking....An examination of the nature and power of faith...
Los Angeles Times
...A soaring story of love and devotion....Watson is a major find....Graced with delicate, expressive features, she gives an extraordinary performance...
Variety
Ranked #10 in Entertainment Weekly's 10 Favorite Films of the '90s -- ...A vérité mirage....[Watson gives an] indelible performance...
Entertainment Weekly
Its raw emotionalism and documentary-style technique are the lifeblood of von Trier's own Dogma 95 movement, and just seven years later, it already feels like a classic.
Premiere
...A spellbinder....[Watson's] knockout performance heralds one of the most extraordinary film debuts in ages...
Rolling Stone
Product Description:
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.
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