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Breaking the Waves
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304442456
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6304442459
Label: Hallmark
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Hallmark
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hallmark
Release Date: January 27, 1998
Running Time: 152 minutes
Studio: Hallmark
Theatrical Release Date: November 13, 1996
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Editorial Review:
Set in an unmercifully rugged, coastal village in Scotland in the 1970s, this extraordinary film by Lars von Trier stars British actress Emily Watson as a barely contained naive named Bess, who holds regular conversations with God and whose pure and intensely personal faith is hardly tolerated by the gruesome Calvinist elders of her church. Bess marries an oil-rig worker (Stellan Skarsgard) and comes to believe that erotic discovery is a part of God's grand plan. But after her spouse is hurt in an accident, she decides that divine instruction is leading her toward the life of a prostitute--with disastrous but somehow beautiful results. Von Trier (The Kingdom) has made a wonderful, entirely unexpected, and rigorous work of discovery in this film, with a formal visual design that recalls classic films by Carl Theodor Dreyer and Robert Bresson. Watson is a phenomenon, her wide-eyed wonder at the world as God's handiwork a breathtaking portrayal of conviction. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - about the DVDfilm/movie breaking the waves.......
The story is basically an oil rig worker get married to a woman he loves and they had good times together and then he has to part with his wife temporary and had to get back to oil rig to work but he finally get into accident on the job which led to be neckcuffed and bedridden with a hard chance of recovery. He later asked his wife to look for someone and have sex as to make her happy buy she went on sex with other man which the last one caused her to be serously hurt and landed in hospital where ... Read More
Rating:  - A masterpiece from Lars von Trier...
One of the best films of 1996, this is a story of love that knows no boundaries, and of sacrifice. Emily Watson gives the performance of her career as Bess, a simple woman who has just married Jan, played by Stellan Skarsgard. Within the boundaries of their marriage, Bess discovers the gift of physical love that she had never known before. From this moment on, she cannot bear to be away from her husband and constantly cries when he is away. Bess is also a devout Christian, and is always praying to ... Read More
Rating: - Hang in there; this is a touching movie which can be hard to watch
Hang in there! This is a touching movie that can be very hard to watch. For me, it was about following your own inner guidance, and being true to yourself 100%.
Don't start watching this movie unless you have enough time set aside to finish it. I found this movie to be touching and moving. And it was hard to watch for much of the movie. I suggest that you read very little about the movie before watching it, and just trust others who recommend it.
Also, this movie ... Read More
Rating:  - Uh...
I personally hated this movie. I just can't stand feeling claustrophobic. If I had seen this director, I would have said "BACK UP". It's ruined by this in my opinion.
I wouldn't suggest buying it, to me, a waste of money. Maybe you'll like it, but for me it wouldn't be a solid guarantee.
Rating:  - A cinematic hoax
This film is astonishing only in its depths to which it sunk and the amount of sophistry heaped on top to make "artsy". The overdone hysterics of the acting (notably Emily Watson's) and cinema verite style mask what essentially is a ridiculously contrived and supremely manipulative bit of exploitation.
"Breaking the Waves" clocks in at 2.5 hours of watching a mentally ill woman get increasingly abused by her church elders (a convenient bit of typical left-wing Euro anti-religiousity), ... Read More
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