Breaking the Waves

Release Date:
Oct 4, 1996
MPAA Rating:
R
Running Time:
2:39
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Lars von Trier
Cast:
Emily Watson Bess McNeill
Stellan Skarsgard Jan Nyman
Katrin Cartlidge Dodo McNeill
Jean-Marc Barr Terry
Adrian Rawlins Dr. Richardson
Sandra Voe Mother
Udo Kier Sadistic Sailor
Mikkel Gaup Pits
Roef Ragas Pim
Phil McCall Grandfather
Producers:
Lars Jönsson , Peter Aalbæk Jensen , Vibeke Windelov
Writers:
Peter Asmussen, Lars von Trier, David Pirie
Language:
English

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In a small and religious coastal town, a simple, devoutly religious Scottish woman, Bess McNeill, finds a partner in an oil rig worker from Norway, Jan Nyman . However, the relationship grows strained when Nyman breaks his neck in a horrific work accident on the rig and becomes paralyzed. Unable to perform sexually and suffering mentally from the accident as well, Jan convinces Bess to have sex with other men, which she comes to believe is God's work.

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