Bess McNeill in Breaking the Waves
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Bess McNeill in Breaking the Waves is the devout, emotionally fragile Scottish woman at the center of Lars von Trier’s 1996 film, whose extreme acts of self-sacrifice test the boundaries of faith, love, and morality.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bess McNeill in Breaking the Waves canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Breaking the Waves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedGenre |
melodrama
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religious drama ⓘ romantic tragedy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
conservative religious elders
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offshore oil rig community ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
devout
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emotionally fragile ⓘ impulsive ⓘ naive ⓘ obedient ⓘ self-sacrificing ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Scotland ⓘ |
| createdBy | Lars von Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathInWork | Breaking the Waves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Breaking the Waves universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Breaking the Waves (1996 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extreme acts of self-sacrifice
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intense religious faith ⓘ tragic fate ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Jan Nyman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| memberOf | strict Calvinist church community ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
desire to please God
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love for Jan Nyman ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | tests boundaries of faith and morality ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| partOf | Dogme 95-era cinema context ⓘ |
| portrayalNotableFor | intense emotional performance by Emily Watson ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Emily Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousBelief | Presbyterian Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | rural Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Jan Nyman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
faith
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love ⓘ martyrdom ⓘ morality ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1996 ⓘ |
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