Breaking the Waves

ihor

From a bare look at the plot this film can appear a typical melodrama. Essentially it's just a tragic love story set in working class religious Scottish Highlands. Trier's magic though, in the tradition of Cassavetes and Fassbinder, transforms this base into an intense psychological study of human passion and it's extremes. All while a realist style challenging beauty and perversion is at play.

JoãoOliveira

astonishing acting from Emily Watson together with brilliant direction from Von Trier, making this a nearly perfect movie

Flaspeneer

One of my favorite movies from any decade. I'll try to say something intelligent about it once I watch it again for the thirtieth time here on Mubi.

Sneerwell

My favourite of the Golden Heart trilogy. Von Trier is brilliant at de-sacralizing the eternal story, placing it right in the dull and humdrum life at the gloomy seaside. Emily Watson made it wonderfully, but I think she stuck too deeply to this part and shows those watery eyes and trembling lips over and over again.

Michael Convery

An eccentric drama about faith in love and faith in the absurd, and makes me question the line separating the two.

rrrno

Esta película es un milagro, como lo fue su trama una de las mas maravillosas actuaciones que vi (Emily Watson), escenas inolvidables simple y magistral.

MCLang89

Emily Watson is unforgettable in this film! Von Trier really knows how to pull the best performances from his actresses.

XTRMNTR

This is the most devastating film ever. It will ruin your day, but it's totally worth it.