In this interview, conducted in Stockholm in May 2013, Stellan Skarsgård, who plays Jan in BREAKING THE WAVES, talks about working with director Lars von Trier for the first time on the film, and their subsequent collaborations.
In the following interview, conducted in London in June 2013, Emily Watson discusses the challenges she faced in playing the complicated character Bess in BREAKING THE WAVES.
Jeff Smith unpacks Robby Müller’s handheld camera work in Lars von Trier’s wrenching fable, showing how it alternates choppy realism with calculated stylization.