Two themes of breaking the waves

Two themes: First, civilized, too civilized. Whether it's girlfriends, mothers, church members, or children, they are all twisted and sad creatures of repression and dissatisfaction as Freud's "Civilization and Dissatisfaction" said. Bess is a living, real person.
Two, the dark side of love. The film re-examines the difference in the desire for love between men and women. The raging fire of jealousy and possessiveness ignites Jan's belief in rebirth. This has to be said to be a satire of man himself, as well as Bess's masochistic tendency. The deep-rooted, contradictory love is also the essence of human love

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