ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE, BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

"Four stars! Ecstatic viewing... this year's Once." - New York Post

"A brilliant heartbreaker... a cross between Walk the Line and Blue Valentine." - Yahoo! Movies

"Four stars! One of the finest final scenes in a movie this year... if there were any justice, Veerle Baetens would break out as an international star." - New York Daily News

"Grade: A-. Impeccably performed... the closing minutes mark the strongest instance of a climactic music sequence since All That Jazz." – Indiewire

"8.9/10. A superb tearjerker, juxtaposing the inherent passion and sorrow of romance to masterful effect in between bluegrass ballads. The Broken Circle Breakdown restores unto melodrama its good name." – Film.com

"Four stars! A tough, vital, electrifying film...[featuring] two of the most moving performances of the year." – The Telegraph

"A rich, raw, heartache of a film, a beautifully composed, soul-stirring drama about love, family, sex, sorrow, faith and music." - RoberEbert.com

"A film that will likely stick with you long after the credits roll." - The AV Club

"Belgium's submission for the 2014 foreign language film Oscar is a powerful and haunting tale of love, death and bluegrass — a mournful song played on a broken instrument, with striking visual accompaniment." – The Observer

"An immaculately observed story of love, loss and bluegrass music." - The Playlist

"Something of a miracle." - Twitch

Winner, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Tribeca Film Festival

Winner, Panorama Audience Award, Berlin International Film Festival

Winner, Best Film, Best Actress, Best Director, Ensor Awards of Flemish Cinema