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The Broken Circle Breakdown
Elise and Didier fall in love from the first sight, despite their differences. He talks, she listens. He is a romantic person, she's a real person. When their daughter's illness becomes serious, their love is tested. Let's follow them in this interesting movie.
13 January 1941, Gent, Flanders, Belgium
24 January 1968, Oostende, Flanders, Belgium
1975
28 December 1966, Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium
11 May 1967, Wilrijk, Flanders, Belgium
13 June 1971, Wilrijk, Flanders, Belgium
May 05, 2015
Fragmented and raw. A wrenching drama.May 19, 2014
It's a film about a couple whose tumultuous relationship is severely challenged, and the performances are excellent.June 02, 2014
I wish the patience and grace of the director's techniques in the film's strongest non-musical moments were matched in his depictions of the amazing music on display.June 22, 2016
A significant amount of redemption arrives in its final moments, which find a way to bind itself with the heart of the picture we've been observing for nearly two hours.August 18, 2014
More so than its music, Broken Circle's greatest merit are the compelling performances Van Groeningen cultivates from both his leads.January 24, 2014
Breakdown gets the music right and has the benefit of strong acting, but its unapologetically melodramatic plot has a tendency to throw everything at you but the kitchen sink.June 14, 2016
Constantly you worry that the movie will collapse under the strain of more raw emotions but it rarely falters and never lapses into the predictable or the sentimental.January 30, 2014
The movie swings like a pendulum between elation and despair, with little time devoted to anything in between.January 24, 2014
Invigorating musical elements and the lead actors' potent chemistry can't entirely protect this tragic relationship drama from its encroaching shortage of subtlety.January 24, 2014
Breakdown's less convincingly scripted second half sputters more often than it shines.January 24, 2014
It's the music that really brings Broken Circle to life, an excellent collection of old-timey country classics and originals that reconnects the broken bits of the story and resonates with its deepest emotions.January 24, 2014
Traditional bluegrass songs of loss and grief provide the inspiration and score for this innovative Belgian, Flemish-language musical drama.