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    Release dateNovember 13, 1996 (USA)
    Content ratingR
    GenreDrama
    Directed byLars von Trier
    Breaking the Waves (1996) - IMDb
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    Plot

    Bess McNeill is a young and pretty Scottish woman who has, in the past, had treatment for unspecified mental health illness after the death of her brother. She marries oil rig worker Jan Nyman, a Danish non-churchgoer, … See more

    Cast

    • Emily Watson as Bess McNeill
    • Stellan Skarsgård as Jan Nyman
    • Katrin Cartlidge as Dodo McNeill
    • Jean-Marc Barr as Terry… See more

    Production

    Breaking the Waves was von Trier's first film after founding the Dogme 95 movement with fellow Danish director Thomas Vinterberg. Nonetheless, the film breaks many of the movement's "rules", including built sets, p… See more

    Style

    The film is divided into seven different chapters. Each chapter begins with a different impressionistically filmed panorama title frame featuring early 1970s rock music interludes. Each of these chapters is … See more

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