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The Broken Circle Breakdown

  • 20122012
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 51m
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7.7/10
42K
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Veerle Baetens and Johan Heldenbergh in The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
 Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill, their love is put on trial.
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Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ... Read allElise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill, their love is put on trial.Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill, their love is put on trial.
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7.7/10
42K
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    • Felix van Groeningen
  • Writers
    • Johan Heldenbergh(play The Broken Circle Breakdown Featuring the Cover-Ups of Alabama)
    • Mieke Dobbels(play The Broken Circle Breakdown Featuring the Cover-Ups of Alabama)
    • Carl Joos(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Veerle Baetens
    • Johan Heldenbergh
    • Nell Cattrysse
    • Felix van Groeningen
  • Writers
    • Johan Heldenbergh(play The Broken Circle Breakdown Featuring the Cover-Ups of Alabama)
    • Mieke Dobbels(play The Broken Circle Breakdown Featuring the Cover-Ups of Alabama)
    • Carl Joos(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Veerle Baetens
    • Johan Heldenbergh
    • Nell Cattrysse
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 77User reviews
    • 210Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Veerle Baetens and Johan Heldenbergh in The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
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    Veerle Baetens
    Veerle Baetens
    • Elise Vandevelde…
    Johan Heldenbergh
    Johan Heldenbergh
    • Didier Bontinck…
    Nell Cattrysse
    • Maybelle
    Geert Van Rampelberg
    Geert Van Rampelberg
    • William
    Nils De Caster
    • Jock
    Robbie Cleiren
    • Jimmy
    • (as Robby Cleiren)
    Bert Huysentruyt
    • Jef
    Jan Bijvoet
    Jan Bijvoet
    • Koen
    Sofie Sente
    Ruth Beeckmans
      Jan Hammenecker
      • Doctor
      Blanka Heirman
      • Denise
      Kirsten Pieters
      Yves Degryse
      Dominique Van Malder
      Marianne Loots
      Sanderijn Helsen
      Siham El Makhfi
        • Felix van Groeningen
      • Writers
        • Johan Heldenbergh(play The Broken Circle Breakdown Featuring the Cover-Ups of Alabama)
        • Mieke Dobbels(play The Broken Circle Breakdown Featuring the Cover-Ups of Alabama)
        • Carl Joos(adaptation)
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      • Trivia
        Johan Heldenbergh and Veerle Baetens did their own singing. Baetens is actually an accomplished singer in real life.
      • Quotes

        Elise Vandevelde: I always knew. That it was too good to be true. That it couldn't last. That life isn't like that, life isn't generous. You mustn't love someone. You mustn't become attached to someone. Life begrudges you that. It takes everything away from you and it laughs in your face. It betrays you.

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      • Soundtracks
        Will the Circle Be Unbroken
        Written by Ada R. Habershon and Charles Gabriel, often attributed to A.P. Carter

        Performed by The BCB Band

      User reviews77

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      9/10
      Makes you dissolve in thought!
      Powerful depiction of a dissimilar couple who faces softest and hardest moments of life. The little effect that leaves-by everyday when one's heart don't gets what is needed is counted on in the viewers' mind, culminating up to the extreme levels which require a faintest of pokes to fell down.

      Everything in this movie is a piece of art. It will make you laugh as well as sob if you're alone. For drama lovers, it's a masterpiece; just pick it if you liked Paris, Texas or The English Patient, Bonnie and Clyde or Wild at Heart..

      An Oscar deserving film, cleverly edited, acted and directed.
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      • donalupe
      • Nov 9, 2013

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        • October 10, 2012 (Belgium)
        • Belgium
        • Netherlands
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        • Brabantdam, Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
      • Production companies
        • Menuet Producties
        • Topkapi Films
        • Belgacom
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      • 1 hour 51 minutes
        • Color
        • Dolby Digital

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