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.

00:06:34 THIS IS DODO.

00:16:39 GO GET HER NOW, JAN!

00:24:29 [DOG BARKS IN MOVIE]

00:31:01 HEY.

00:39:47 YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING IN HERE ANYHOW.

00:44:59 YOUR PRICK.

00:50:19 GET AWAY! BLOW OUT!

00:58:33 YOU KNOW THAT.

01:04:05 MORE LOOSE...

01:10:00 ?? YES, SHE'S NOT VERY OLD, UH-HUH, HUH ??

01:16:19 THAT'S IT. IT'S ALL RIGHT.

01:21:51 IT WILL BE YOU AND ME, BESS.

01:27:34 NOW JUST PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON, BESS.

01:37:22 YOUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.

01:42:50 NO, HE DID NOT GET BETTER!

01:48:41 Mother: I WANT A WORD WITH BESS ON HER OWN.

01:53:50 LISTEN TO ME, FOR GOD'S SAKE!

02:00:02 Dodo: YOU'RE GOING TO SECTION BESS?

02:07:03 YOU'RE--YOU'RE COMING WITH US.

02:15:01 WHO WANT TO TALK TO ME?

02:19:39 THAT'S ALL RIGHT, BESSIE.

02:24:18 GET DR. RICHARDSON A GLASS OF WATER.

02:33:23 [RINGING]

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 line02:33:23

Production Record

DirectorLars von Trier

LanguageDanish

Budget$7,500,000

Revenue$23,000,000

IMDb votes73,543