Thursday, October 31 4PM (31M3)/ 9PM (31M7) MONICA BREAKING THE WAVES (Denmark/France, 1995 156 min.) Winner, Grand Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival 1996. A robust Scandinavian oil-rigger and a pretty but naive Scottish village girl marry; they are blissfully happy; he becomes paralyzed after a work accident; their lives fall apart. This is the framework of Lars Von Trier's Breaking the Waves, but the outline doesn't really suggest the movie's titanic emotions and mysterious power. Breaking the Waves has a monumental, oceanic, visual style, plus a plot that hinges on misunderstanding rather than evil, and a flood of emotion that becomes almost overwhelming.Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune. CRITIC'S CHOICE: MICHAEL WILMINGTON CALENDAR | VENUES | TICKETS