Hvordan døde bess i breaking the waves?
Breaking the Waves
Dodo og Jans læge bliver enige om, at den eneste måde at beskytte Bess mod sig selv på er at få hende indlagt og så langt væk fra sin mand som muligt. Det er på det tidspunkt, at Bess beslutter sig for at gøre, hvad hun tror er det ultimative offer for Jan: hun går ufortrødent ud til et forladt skib fyldt med barbariske sømænd, som voldtager og voldsomt angriber hende, hvilket hun til sidst bukker under for. Kirken nægter at give en begravelse for hende og fordømmer hendes sjæl til helvede. Uden at de ældste i kirken ved det, har Jan og hans venner erstattet Bess' krop med sække af sand i den forseglede kiste. Senere ses Jan begrave hende i havet, i dyb sorg, men med et stort helbred, selv om lægerne ikke havde troet det muligt. Filmen slutter i magisk realisme, da Bess' lig ikke kan ses på sonaren, og kirkeklokkerne ringer fra højt oppe i himlen.
Breaking the Waves
Dodo and Jan's doctor agree the only way to keep Bess safe from herself is to have her committed, and as far away from her husband as possible. It is then that Bess decides to make what she thinks is the ultimate sacrifice for Jan: she unflinchingly goes out to a derelict ship full of barbarous sailors, who rape and violently attack her, to which she ultimately succumbs. The church refuses to give a funeral for her and damns her soul to hell. Unbeknownst to the church elders, Jan and his friends have substituted bags of sand for Bess's body inside the sealed coffin. Jan is later shown burying her in the ocean, in deep grief but substantially restored to health despite the doctors not having thought such possible. The film ends in magical realism as Bess's body is nowhere to be seen on the sonar, and church bells ring from on high in the sky.
Breaking the Waves