Lost in Criterion

Spine 705: Breaking the Waves

Lost in Criterion · Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 48m

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Breaking the Waves
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We are thrilled to finally have another film from our (second?) favorite Danish director. Breaking the Waves (1996) is the first film Lars von Trier made after establishing the Dogme 95 framework, but he mostly ignored that to make a 1970s period piece about patriarchy, religious and otherwise, in rural Scotland.

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