The Broken Circle Breakdown

The Broken Circle Breakdown
Film poster
Directed byFelix van Groeningen
Screenplay byCarl Joos
Felix van Groeningen
Based onThe Broken Circle Breakdown
by Johan Heldenbergh
Mieke Dobbels
Produced byDirk Impens
Frans van Gestel
Laurette Schillings
Arnold Heslenfeld
StarringJohan Heldenbergh
Veerle Baetens
CinematographyRuben Impens
Edited byNico Leunen
Music byBjorn Eriksson
Production
company
Menuet
Topkapi Films
Distributed byKinepolis Film Distribution
Release date
  • 10 October 2012 (2012-10-10)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryBelgium
LanguageDutch
Box office$6 million[1]

The Broken Circle Breakdown (also known as Alabama Monroe) is a 2012 Belgian drama film directed by Felix van Groeningen with a screenplay by Carl Joos and van Groeningen. It is based on the stage play of the same name by Johan Heldenbergh and Mieke Dobbels.

The film garnered critical acclaim and was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[2] and was on the nominated shortlist.[3] The film was the winner of Best Foreign Film at the 39th César Awards.[4] It was the winner of the 2013 Lux Prize.[5]

  1. ^ "The Broken Circle Breakdown (2013)". JPBox-Office (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Oscars: Belgium Nominates 'The Broken Circle Breakdown' for Foreign Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Oscars: Main nominations 2014". BBC News. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference CésarWinners was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "LUX Prize 2013". European Parliament. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

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