The soundtrack is brilliant. I would not recommend it to watch in weak mood.
I have long been a fan of movies that show both the building up and then the tearing down of a relationship in different timelines. Some reviews thought it was hard to follow because of this method of storytelling - I didn't have an issue at all. Based on the description I thought it would be more like Blaze or A Star Born but in the end it felt more like Blue Valentine. The movie is gritty and the performances are excellent. The music is as good as advertised - I actually wish there had been a little more of it.
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Sad and realistic movie you have to be in the right mood in order to watch it..7..4/10
The music is magnificent, but the movie is a bit weird. I would recommend to listen to the soundtrack!
that movie, it's pure depression.
Wonderful film..just wish i could buy it on Bluray somewhere with English subtitles...any ideas People?
Brilliant movie ! ! !
Great drama movie!
a definite must-watch!
Review by Buradan engellemeyi unutmuşsun..BlockedParent2020-04-24T03:11:23Z
There are very few films as emotionally raw and truthful as 'The Broken Circle Breakdown'. Set in Belgium, and somewhat reminiscent of 'Betty Blue', it tells of the love affair between Didier and Elise - a bluegrass musician and a tattoo artist. The story begins with the couple attending to their young daughter's needs in a cancer ward as she battles for her life against the disease. Flashback sequences portray the couple's initial meeting, Elise's incorporation into Didier's band as a vocalist, the mad passion of their early romance and the arrival of daughter Maybelle in their lives. Back at the hospital seven years later, the child endures the toxic effects of chemotherapy, her health alternately improving and deteriorating, while the parents accompany her on this agonizing roller-coaster ride. Fracture lines appear in the couple's deep bond as atheist Didier rails against a god that could have inflicted such a cruel destiny upon the girl, while Elise struggles to hold onto hope and process her anguish. Somehow their heroic odyssey into the deepest regions of pain is neither pessimistic nor depressing, and their story communicates profound insights about the need for love, forgiveness and understanding in extreme circumstances. By contrast, it makes most Hollywood productions look like trite insults to human intelligence. Perhaps they are - and maybe audiences should look elsewhere for authentic artistic expression. This film suggests Belgian cinema might be somewhere to start the search.