Breaking the Waves

Name: Breaking the Waves
Director: Lars von Trier
Released: 1996
Duration: 158 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Adrian Rawlins

1996 · 158 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 73,543 VOTES · DIR. Lars von Trier

Overview

In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,697 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:26 HIS NAME IS JAN.

00:06:21 WHOO-HOO!

00:16:13 [PEOPLE CHEERING]

00:23:44 AND I KNOW THERE ARE OTHERS

00:30:16 WHAT'S THAT?

00:39:15 A LITTLE BIT OF THIS SHIT.

00:43:20 SAY IT, THEN.

00:48:11 [MEEK VOICE] OH, NO.

00:56:12 MRS. NYMAN, WILL YOU PLEASE COME WITH ME?

01:02:29 [CANS OPENING]

01:08:30 AM I NOT GOING TO HAVE SOME PILLS?

01:12:40 OK?

01:19:26 THAT'S MORE THAN ANY DOCTOR CAN DO.

01:25:01 [FIRM VOICE] PROVE TO ME THAT YOU LOVE HIM

01:30:48 WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON THIS BUS?

01:40:18 HE TOLD ME THAT.

01:44:33 UPON THOSE WHO FAIL HIM.

01:50:42 UH-HUH.

01:56:59 CAN'T TAKE YOU OUT THERE.

02:03:30 WHAT DO YOU WANT?

02:07:43 YOUR LOVE COULD HAVE SAVED HIM, IF ONLY YOU'D TRIED!

02:16:39 YEAH. THAT WOULD BE A MIRACLE.

02:20:25 OH. OH. DODO, HOLD ME.

02:25:16 YES.

Cast & Characters

Emily Watson Bess McNeill Stellan Skarsgård Jan Nyman Katrin Cartlidge Dodo McNeill Jean-Marc Barr Terry Adrian Rawlins Dr. Richardson Jonathan Hackett Priest Sandra Voe Mother Udo Kier Sadistic Sailor Mikkel Gaup Pits Roef Ragas Pim

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,697

Dialogue density10.7 lines / min

First line00:00:26

Final line02:25:16

Production Record

DirectorLars von Trier

LanguageDanish

Budget$7,500,000

Revenue$23,000,000

IMDb votes73,543