GOD, FAITH AND FILM: BREAKING THE WAVES

Awarded the Grand Prix du Jury at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, Breaking the Waves, by the Danish director Lars von Trier, is proposed by him as ‘a simple love story’, ‘a film about goodness’ and ‘a film about miracles’: ‘a strong mixture of religion, eroticism and possession’. This essay examines...

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Autor principal: Heath, Stephen (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 1998
En: Literature and theology
Año: 1998, Volumen: 12, Número: 1, Páginas: 93-107
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Sumario:Awarded the Grand Prix du Jury at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, Breaking the Waves, by the Danish director Lars von Trier, is proposed by him as ‘a simple love story’, ‘a film about goodness’ and ‘a film about miracles’: ‘a strong mixture of religion, eroticism and possession’. This essay examines how, in the film, the question of the relation between film and religion is raised and handled.
ISSN:1477-4623
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Literature and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/litthe/12.1.93