Breaking the Waves 

by Lars Von Trier

NEW REX

 Bess chooses her own path in an inhospitable environment that consistently fills her with guilt. Her childlike character is untrammelled by strict boundaries and her behaviour challenges stereotypes. Her marriage to a man who is not acceptable to her community causes offence but she chooses the path which innocence, love and her powerful instinct have chosen for her. It is a path of self-denial and self-sacrifice that elevates her, vindicating her final choice, however extreme it may seem.

This tender, deeply emotional work by Lars von Trier, is in both its versions (film and play) a paean to faith and devotion and a triumph of love, whose power touches and is perhaps identical with God.

Suitable for audience over the age of 18 years.

First performance: 11/02/2016
Last performance: 20/03/2016

• Translated by Antonis Galeos
  
• Adapted for the stage and directed by Roula Pateraki
  
• Set & costumes Angelos Mentis
  
• Lighting Giannis Drakoularakos
  
• Video art Stathis Athanasiou
  
• Music Giorgos Poulios
  
• Assistant director Tasia Sofianidou
  

Cast:

• Vingvind Roula Pateraki
  
• Bess Ioanna Tsirigouli
  
• Jan Akis Sakellariou
  
• Dodo Parthenopi Bouzouri
  
• Dr Richardson Giorgos Papapavlou
  
• Minister Yiannis Voyiatzis
  
• Sybilla Evanthia Kourmouli
  
• William Giorgos Ziovas
  
• Terry Nikos Mavrakis
  
• Stella Tasia Sofianidou
  
• Elder, Doctor, Middle-aged man Meletis Georgiadis
  
• Elder, Doctor, Man in bar Andreas Antoniadis
  
• Elder, Doctor, Ugly man Spiros Tsekouras
  
• Elder, Doctor, Sailor Kostas Korakis
  
• Woman Vassiliki Antonarou
  
• Man Konstantinos Panagiotakis