• Director(s)

    Lars von Trier

  • Production Year

    1996

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    152m

  • Cast

    Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsg�rd, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Adrian Rawlins, Jonathan Hackett, Sandra Voe, Udo Kier, Mikkel Gaup, Roef Ragas, Phil McCall, Robert Robertson, Desmond Reilly, Sarah Gudgon, Finlay Welsh, David Gallacher, Ray Jeffries, Owen Kavanagh, Bob Docherty, David Bateson, Callum Cuthbertson, Gavin Mitchell, Brian Smith, Iain Agnew, Charles Kearney, Steven Leach, Dorte Roemer, Anthony O'Donnell, John Wark, Ronnie McKellaig, Peter Bensted (voice), Simon Towler Jorfaid (voice)

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Film

Breaking The Waves

strong sex, sex references, sexual threat

Violence
In one scene, a man tries to force himself on a woman after she writhdraws consent from a sexual encounter. However, the woman manages to escape. Later in the film, it is implied that the same woman has been severely assaulted by the same man, when she is seen in hospital with life-threatening injuries. However, the assault itself is not shown.
Sex
Scenes of sexual activity feature strong detail, including sight of thrusting and sight of a woman touching a man's penis. There are also strong verbal sex references.
The film also contains strong language ('f**k') and drug use.

  • Director(s)

    Lars von Trier

  • Production Year

    1996

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    152m

  • Cast

    Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsg�rd, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Adrian Rawlins, Jonathan Hackett, Sandra Voe, Udo Kier, Mikkel Gaup, Roef Ragas, Phil McCall, Robert Robertson, Desmond Reilly, Sarah Gudgon, Finlay Welsh, David Gallacher, Ray Jeffries, Owen Kavanagh, Bob Docherty, David Bateson, Callum Cuthbertson, Gavin Mitchell, Brian Smith, Iain Agnew, Charles Kearney, Steven Leach, Dorte Roemer, Anthony O'Donnell, John Wark, Ronnie McKellaig, Peter Bensted (voice), Simon Towler Jorfaid (voice)

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Classified Date:
01/08/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Guild Pathe Cinema
strong sex, sex references, sexual threat
Classified Date:
20/11/2014
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
Violence
In one scene, a man tries to force himself on a woman after she writhdraws consent from a sexual encounter. However, the woman manages to escape. Later in the film, it is implied that the same woman has been severely assaulted by the same man, when she is seen in hospital with life-threatening injuries. However, the assault itself is not shown.
Sex
Scenes of sexual activity feature strong detail, including sight of thrusting and sight of a woman touching a man's penis. There are also strong verbal sex references.
The film also contains strong language ('f**k') and drug use.
Classified Date:
18/09/1997
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Classified Date:
16/04/1997
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Guild Pathe Cinema
Classified Date:
20/03/1997
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Guild Pathe Cinema
Classified Date:
18/12/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Guild Pathe Cinema
Classified Date:
10/10/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Guild Pathe Cinema

  • Classified date

    20/11/2014

  • BBFC reference

    DVF066312

  • Language

    English