Didier (Johan Heldenbergh, pictured on left, below right) is a bearded, Kris Kristofferson lookalike who beds down in a caravan on his run-down farm. A former punk, he tends chickens and a horse, but ...
The Europa Cinema Networks awarded its top prize to Felix van Groeningen's drama about the relationship between a romantic atheist and a religious realist. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The ...
Veerle Baetens and Johan Heldenbergh in "The Broken Circle Breakdown." (Tribeca Films) If you do a Google Image search for "The Broken Circle Breakdown," you get lots of pictures of a happy young ...
The Belgian movie “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” which mixes bluegrass music with the story of a relationship under stress, received five nominations to lead all films in nominations for the 26th ...
Bluegrass music and films in the Flemish language are not usually thought of in the same breath, but “The Broken Circle Breakdown” is determined to marry them. The result, not surprisingly, is ...
This intensely emotional Belgian drama flavored by American-style bluegrass music traces the sad spiral of a passionate relationship derailed by devastating loss. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic ...
Where most narratives coalesce, “The Broken Circle Breakdown” begins. A nonlinear tale of an unlikely couple and their cancer-stricken daughter in the Flemish countryside, Felix Van Groeningen‘s ...
This discussion and review contains spoilers for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 1, “The Broken Circle,” the premiere on Paramount+. There is an interesting moment about 20 minutes ...
The gut-wrenching indie drama The Broken Circle Breakdown is equal parts biography of a relationship and love letter to bluegrass music, one of the more unexpected combinations filmgoers will ...
Ups and downs are constantly juxtaposed in "The Broken Circle Breakdown," a bluegrass-infused Flemish meller about two lovers who lose their little daughter to cancer. Inspired by a stage performance ...