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Breaking the Waves, the Glossary

Breaking The Waves is a 1996 psychological romantic melodrama film directed and co-written by Lars von Trier and starring Emily Watson in her feature film acting debut, and with Stellan Skarsgård, a frequent collaborator with von Trier.^[1]

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1990s psychological drama films
Best Danish Film Robert Award winners
Best Foreign Film Guldbagge Award winners
British psychological drama films
Danish independent films
Films about disability in the United Kingdom
Films adapted into operas
Films directed by Lars von Trier
Films produced by Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Films shot in Highland (council area)
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Film winners
Scottish drama films

A Whiter Shade of Pale

"A Whiter Shade of Pale" is a song by the English rock band Procol Harum that was issued as their debut record on 12 May 1967.

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Academy Award for Best Actress

The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), often pronounced; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The Academy's corporate management and general policies are overseen by a board of governors, which includes representatives from each of the craft branches.

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Adrian Rawlins

Adrian John Rawlins (born 27 March 1958) is an English actor best known for playing Arthur Kidd in The Woman in Black and James Potter in the ''Harry Potter'' films.

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All the Way from Memphis

"All the Way from Memphis" is a single released by Mott the Hoople as the lead track from the album Mott in 1973.

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AlloCiné

AlloCiné (ScreenRush) is an entertainment website founded by Jean-David Blanc in 1988, then joined by Patrick Holzman.

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Amazon (company)

Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American multinational technology company, engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

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Anders Refn

Anders Refn (born 8 April 1944) is a Danish film editor and director.

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Artisan Entertainment

Artisan Entertainment (formerly known as U.S.A. Home Video, International Video Entertainment (IVE) and LIVE Entertainment) was an American film studio and home video company.

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BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.

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Blowin' in the Wind

"Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962.

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Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

The Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Bodilprisen for bedste kvindelige hovedrolle) is one of the merit categories presented by the Danish Film Critics Association at the annual Bodil Awards.

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Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

The Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Bodilprisen for bedste kvindelige birolle) is one of the merit categories presented by the Danish Film Critics Association at the annual Bodil Awards.

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Bodil Award for Best Danish Film

The Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (Bodilprisen for bedste danske film) is one of the categories for the Bodil Awards presented annually by the Danish Film Critics Association.

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Bodil Awards

The Bodil Awards are the major Danish film awards given by the Danish Film Critics Association.

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Boston Society of Film Critics

The Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) is an organization of film reviewers from Boston, Massachusetts.

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Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress

The Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best (Lead) Actress is one of the annual film awards given by the Boston Society of Film Critics.

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Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography

Category:Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Category:Awards for best cinematography.

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Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director

The Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director is an annual film award given by the Boston Society of Film Critics.

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Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1996

17th BSFC Awards December 13, 1996 ---- Best Film: Trainspotting The 17th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1996.

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Breaking the Waves (opera)

Breaking the Waves is an opera in three acts by Missy Mazzoli with a libretto by Royce Vavrek.

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British Academy Film Awards

The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Awards, is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film.

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British Academy of Film and Television Arts

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom.

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British Film Institute

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom.

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Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (Festival international du film), is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world.

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César Award for Best Foreign Film

The Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, sponsored by France and Canada, presents an annual César Award for Best Foreign Film (César du meilleur film étranger). Breaking the Waves and César Award for Best Foreign Film are best Foreign Film César Award winners.

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César Awards

The César Award is the national film award of France.

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Child in Time

"Child in Time" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple, released on their fourth studio album, Deep Purple in Rock in 1970.

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Church (congregation)

A church (or local church) is a religious organization or congregation that meets in a particular location.

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A co-production is a joint venture between two or more different production companies for the purpose of film production, television production, video game development, and so on.

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Cross-Eyed Mary

"Cross-Eyed Mary" is a song by the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull from their album Aqualung (1971).

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Curzon Film

Curzon Film, formerly known as Artificial Eye or Curzon Artificial Eye, is a British film distributor, specialising in independent, foreign-language and art house films for cinema and home entertainment.

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Dancer in the Dark

Dancer In The Dark is a 2000 musical psychological tragedy film written and directed by Lars von Trier. Breaking the Waves and Dancer in the Dark are Danish independent films, English-language Danish films, European Film Awards winners (films), films adapted into operas, films directed by Lars von Trier and films shot in Denmark.

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Danish krone

The krone (plural: kroner; sign: kr.; code: DKK) is the official currency of Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands, introduced on 1 January 1875.

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David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor.

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David Sterritt

David Sterritt (born September 11, 1944) is a film critic, author and scholar.

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Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.

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Dogme 95

Dogme 95 (Danish for "Dogma 95") is a 1995 avant-garde filmmaking movement founded by the Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who created the "Dogme 95 Manifesto" and the "Vows of Chastity" (kyskhedsløfter).

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Dogville

Dogville is a 2003 arthouse experimental avant-garde film written and directed by Lars von Trier, and starring an ensemble cast led by Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Paul Bettany, Chloë Sevigny, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, Ben Gazzara, Patricia Clarkson, Harriet Andersson, and James Caan with John Hurt narrating. Breaking the Waves and Dogville are Danish independent films, English-language Danish films and films directed by Lars von Trier.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist.

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Emily Watson

Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is a British actress.

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European Audiovisual Observatory

The European Audiovisual Observatory (Observatoire européen de l’audiovisuel, Europäische Audiovisuelle Informationsstelle) is a public service organisation, part of the Council of Europe set up in 1992 as a partial agreement.

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European Film Academy

The European Film Academy is a group of European filmmakers who come together in Berlin on the occasion of the first presentation of the European Film Awards in November 1988.

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European Film Award for Best Actress

The European Film Award for Best Actress is an award given out at the annual European Film Awards to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film industry.

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European Film Award for Best Film

European Film Award for Best Film is one of the annual European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize the best in European filmmaking.

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European Film Awards

The European Film Awards (or European Film Academy Awards) have been presented annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements.

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Flute Sonata in E-flat major, BWV 1031

The Sonata in E major for flute and harpsichord, probably by J. S. Bach (BWV 1031), is a sonata in 3 movements.

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Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

"Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" is a medley of two songs written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John.

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Gay Gordons (dance)

The Gay Gordons is a Scottish country dance.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama is a Golden Globe Award that was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama is a Golden Globe Award that has been awarded annually since 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).

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Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed for excellence in both American and international film and television.

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Golden Heart trilogy

The Golden Heart trilogy (Guldhjerte-trilogien) is three films by the Danish screenwriter and director Lars von Trier.

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the seventh studio album by English singer, pianist, and composer Elton John, first released on 5 October 1973 as a double album by DJM Records.

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Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)

The Grand Prix is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films. Breaking the Waves and Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival) are Cannes Grand Prix winners.

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Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film

The Guldbagge for Best Foreign Film is a Swedish film award presented annually by the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) as part of the Guldbagge Awards (Swedish: "Guldbaggen"). Breaking the Waves and Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film are best Foreign Film Guldbagge Award winners.

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Guldbagge Awards

The Guldbagge Awards (Guldbaggen, scarab) is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry.

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He's Gonna Step on You Again

"He's Gonna Step on You Again" (also known as "Step On") is a song originally performed by John Kongos, co-written by Kongos and Christos Demetriou, and first released in 1971 by Fly Records.

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Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress.

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Hell

In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as punishment after death.

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Hollywood Foreign Press Association

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was a nonprofit organization of journalists and photographers who reported on the American entertainment industry for predominantly foreign media markets.

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Hot Love (T. Rex song)

"Hot Love" is a song by English glam rock band T. Rex, released as a standalone single on 12 February 1971 by record label Fly.

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I Did What I Did for Maria

"I Did What I Did for Maria" is a song recorded by British singer Tony Christie.

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In a Broken Dream

"In a Broken Dream" is a song and single by Australian rock band Python Lee Jackson featuring vocals from Rod Stewart.

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Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film

The Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film is an award presented annually at the Independent Spirit Awards to recognize the best feature films produced outside United States.

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Independent Spirit Awards

The Independent Spirit Awards, originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards, and later as the Film Independent Spirit Awards, are awards presented annually in Santa Monica, California, to independent filmmakers.

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International Federation of Film Critics

The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in Brussels, Belgium.

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Involuntary commitment

Involuntary commitment, civil commitment, or involuntary hospitalization/hospitalisation is a legal process through which an individual who is deemed by a qualified person to have symptoms of severe mental disorder is detained in a psychiatric hospital (inpatient) where they can be treated involuntarily.

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Isle of Skye

The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or Eilean a' Cheò), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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Jean-Marc Barr

Jean-Marc Barr (born September 27, 1960) is a French-American film actor and director.

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Jethro Tull (band)

Jethro Tull are a British rock band formed in Blackpool, Lancashire, in 1967.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.

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John Kongos

John Theodore Kongos (born 6 August 1945) is a South African-born singer and songwriter of Greek ancestry, best known for his 1971 Top 10 hit single "He's Gonna Step on You Again", on which Happy Mondays based their hit "Step On".

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Katrin Cartlidge

Katrin Juliet Cartlidge (15 May 1961 – 7 September 2002) was an English actress.

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Kongens Lyngby

Kongens Lyngby (Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier (né Trier; born 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter.

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Leonard Cohen

Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist.

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Les Films du losange

Les Films du losange ("Lozenge Films") is a film production company founded by Barbet Schroeder and Éric Rohmer in 1962.

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Life on Mars (song)

"Life on Mars?" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie, first released on his 1971 album Hunky Dory.

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Lochailort

Lochailort (Ceann Loch Ailleart) is a hamlet in Scotland that lies at the head of Loch Ailort, a sea loch, on the junction of the Road to the Isles (A830) between Fort William and Mallaig with the A861 towards Salen and Strontian.

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Los Angeles Film Critics Association

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) is an American film critic organization founded in 1975.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Magic realism

Magic realism, magical realism or marvelous realism is a style or genre of fiction and art that presents a realistic view of the world while incorporating magical elements, often blurring the lines between fantasy and reality.

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Mallaig

Mallaig (Malaig) is a port in Morar, on the west coast of the Highlands of Scotland.

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Manderlay

Manderlay is a 2005 avant-garde drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier, the second and final part of von Trier's projected USA – Land of Opportunities trilogy. Breaking the Waves and Manderlay are Danish drama films, Danish independent films, English-language Danish films, films directed by Lars von Trier and films shot in Denmark.

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Martin Scorsese

Martin Charles Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American filmmaker.

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Melodrama

A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a very strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization.

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Mental health

Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being, influencing cognition, perception, and behavior.

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Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books.

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Metro Silicon Valley

Metro is a free weekly newspaper published by the San Jose, California, based Metro Newspapers.

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Mikkel Gaup

Mikkel Mathis Gaup (born 16 January 1968) is a Sámi Norwegian film and stage actor.

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Missy Mazzoli

Missy Mazzoli (born October 27, 1980) is an American composer and pianist who is a member of the composition faculty at the Mannes College of Music.

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Morar

Morar (Mòrar) is a small village on the west coast of The Rough Bounds of Scotland, south of Mallaig.

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Mott the Hoople

Mott the Hoople were a British rock band formed in Herefordshire.

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National Society of Film Critics

The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) is an American film critic organization.

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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress

The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress is an annual award given by the National Society of Film Critics to honour the best leading actress of the year.

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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography

The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography is an annual award given by National Society of Film Critics to honor the best cinematographer of the year.

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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director

The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director is an annual award given by National Society of Film Critics to honor the best film director of the year.

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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film

The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Picture is an annual award given by National Society of Film Critics to honor the best film of the year.

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New York Film Critics Circle

The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) is an American film critic organization founded in 1935 by Wanda Hale from the New York ''Daily News''.

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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in film-making.

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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer

The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer is one of the annual awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle.

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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director

The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking.

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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film

The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Picture is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking.

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Norsk Film

Norsk Film was a Norwegian film production company established in 1932 and disestablished in 2001.

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October Films

October Films was a major U.S. independent film production company and distributor founded in 1991 by Bingham Ray and Jeff Lipsky as a means of distributing the 1990 film Life Is Sweet.

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Oil platform

An oil platform (also called an oil rig, offshore platform, oil production platform, etc.) is a large structure with facilities to extract and process petroleum and natural gas that lie in rock formations beneath the seabed.

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Opera News

Opera News was an American classical music magazine.

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Opera Philadelphia

Opera Philadelphia is an American opera company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Panavision

Panavision is an American motion picture equipment company founded in 1954 specializing in cameras and lenses, based in Woodland Hills, California.

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Pandora Film

Pandora Film, or Pandora Filmproduktion, is a German film production and distribution company, founded by Karl Baumgartner and Reinhard Brundig.

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Parterre Box

Parterre Box (often stylized as parterre box) is an online magazine devoted to opera, which cultivates an attitude that may be deemed to be campy, critical and opinionated with explicitly gay overtones.

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Pathé

Pathé (styled as PATHÉ!) is a French major film production and distribution company, owning a number of cinema chains through its subsidiary Pathé Cinémas and television networks across Europe.

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Per Kirkeby

Per Kirkeby (1 September 1938 – 9 May 2018) was a Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor.

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Peter Aalbæk Jensen

Peter Aalbæk Jensen (born 8 April 1956 in Osted) is a Danish film producer who in 1992 with director Lars von Trier founded the Danish film company Zentropa and later its huge studio complex Filmbyen.

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Phil McCall

Phil McCall (born Philip McColl; 26 November 1925 – 29 January 2002) was a Glaswegian actor who appeared in numerous plays, films and television productions over a 40-year period.

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Procol Harum

Procol Harum were an English rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in 1967.

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Psychological fiction

In literature, psychological fiction (also psychological realism) is a narrative genre that emphasizes interior characterization and motivation to explore the spiritual, emotional, and mental lives of its characters.

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Python Lee Jackson

Python Lee Jackson were an Australian rock band active from 1965 to 1968, before a brief sojourn in the United Kingdom from late 1968 to mid-1969.

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Realism (arts)

Realism in the arts is generally the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding speculative and supernatural elements.

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Reformed Christianity

Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church.

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Robby Müller

Robby Müller, NSC, BVK, (4 April 1940 – 3 July 2018) was a Dutch cinematographer.

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Robert Robertson (actor)

Robert Robertson (3 July 1930 – 17 January 2001) was a British actor and director, born in Scotland.

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Rod Stewart

Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter.

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Roef Ragas

Rudolphus Henricus Cornelis "Roef" Ragas (25 May 1965 – 30 August 2007) was a Dutch actor from Harderwijk.

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Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.

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Romance film

Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Roxy Music

Roxy Music are an English rock band formed in 1970 by lead vocalist and principal songwriter Bryan Ferry and bassist Graham Simpson.

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Royce Vavrek

Royce Vavrek is a Canadian-born Brooklyn-based librettist, playwright, dance scenarist, musical theatre writer and filmmaker known for his collaborations with composers David T. Little, Missy Mazzoli, Mikael Karlsson, Ricky Ian Gordon, Paola Prestini and Du Yun, soprano Lauren Worsham, producers Beth Morrison and Lawrence Edelson, and conductors Steven Osgood, Julian Wachner and Alan Pierson.

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Sandra Voe

Sandra Voe (born 6 October 1936) is a Scottish actress of film, television, and theatre.

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Sandrew Metronome

Sandrew Metronome is a Scandinavian film distribution company formed in the 1990s.

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School of Philosophy and Economic Science

The School of Philosophy and Economic Science (SPES), also operating under the names the School of Philosophy and the School of Practical Philosophy and legally named the School of Economic Science (SES), is a worldwide organisation based in London.

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Scotland the Brave

"Scotland the Brave" (Alba an Àigh) is a Scottish patriotic song, one of three often considered an unofficial Scottish national anthem (the others being "Flower of Scotland", and "Scots Wha Hae").

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Scottish Highlands

The Highlands (the Hielands; a' Ghàidhealtachd) is a historical region of Scotland.

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Screen International

Screen International is a British film magazine covering the international film business.

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Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan John Skarsgård (born 13 June 1951) is a Swedish actor.

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Suzanne (Leonard Cohen song)

"Suzanne" is a song written by Canadian poet and musician Leonard Cohen in the 1960s.

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Swedish Film Institute

The Swedish Film Institute (Svenska Filminstitutet) (SFI) is a statutory body located in Stockholm, Sweden that supports the Swedish film industry.

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T. Rex (band)

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The Criterion Collection

The Criterion Collection, Inc. (or simply Criterion) is an American home-video distribution company that focuses on licensing, restoring and distributing "important classic and contemporary films".

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The Idiots

The Idiots (Idioterne) is a 1998 Danish black comedy-drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier. Breaking the Waves and The Idiots are Danish independent films, films directed by Lars von Trier and films shot in Denmark.

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Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969.

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Thomas Vinterberg

Thomas Vinterberg (born 19 May 1969) is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production.

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Tony Christie

Anthony Fitzgerald (born 25 April 1943), known professionally as Tony Christie, is an English musician and singer.

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Turner Classic Movies

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Udo Kier

Udo Kierspe (born 14 October 1944), known professionally as Udo Kier, is a German actor.

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Unifrance

Unifrance is an organization for promoting French films in France and abroad.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Vibeke Windeløv

Vibeke Windeløv (born 22 December 1950) is a Danish film producer.

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Virginia Plain

"Virginia Plain" is a song by English rock band Roxy Music, released as their debut single in August 1972.

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Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros.

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Whiskey in the Jar

"Whiskey in the Jar" (Roud 533) is an Irish traditional song set in the southern mountains of Ireland, often with specific mention of counties Cork and Kerry.

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Your Song

"Your Song" is a song written by musician Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin, and performed by John.

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Zentropa

Zentropa, or Zentropa Entertainments, is a Danish film company started in 1992 by director Lars von Trier and producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen.

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12th Independent Spirit Awards

The 12th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1996, were announced on March 22, 1997.

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1996 Cannes Film Festival

The 49th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 20 May 1996.

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1996 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 22nd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1996, were given in December 1996.

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1996 National Society of Film Critics Awards

31st NSFC Awards January 5, 1997 ---- Best Film: Breaking the Waves The 31st National Society of Film Critics Awards, given by the National Society of Film Critics on January 5, 1997, honored the best in film for 1996.

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1996 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

62nd New York Film Critics Circle Awards announced: December 12, 1996given: January 5, 1997 ---- Best Picture: Fargo The 62nd New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 1996, were announced on December 12, 1996, and given on January 5, 1997.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_the_Waves

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