
Film – Breaking the Waves
Screening of the film «Breaking the Waves» in the Auditorium of Humanities of the Obelisco Campus, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
BREAKING THE WAVES
(Breaking the Waves)
Denmark, 1996, 159´
DIRECTOR: Lars von Trier
SYNOPSIS: In the early 70s, Bess, a young Scottish woman, falls in love with Jan, who works on an oil rig. Despite the opposition of the rigid Puritan community to which she belongs, Bess and Jan get married. After the wedding, he returns to his job, and she counts the days waiting for his return. Bess, a devout believer, believes that their love is blessed by heaven; but one day a terrible accident occurs.


