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The Broken Circle Breakdown
The Broken Circle Breakdown
8.3
/10
4,778 Ratings

THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN

Directed by Felix Van Groeningen
Belgium, 2012
Drama, Romance, Music

Synopsis

Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight. They bond over their shared enthusiasm for American music and culture, and dive headfirst into a sweeping romance that plays out on and off stage—but when an unexpected tragedy hits their new family, everything they know and love is tested.

Synopsis

Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight. They bond over their shared enthusiasm for American music and culture, and dive headfirst into a sweeping romance that plays out on and off stage—but when an unexpected tragedy hits their new family, everything they know and love is tested.

Our take

Felix Van Groeningen’s heartfelt and often heartbreaking tearjerker is a rich, raw romantic drama, devastating in its emotional rendering of a family as they come together and fall apart. Nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film.