Breaking the Waves

1996 "Love is a mighty power."

Breaking the Waves

7.8 | 2h38m | R | en | Drama

In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.

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7.8 | 2h38m | R | en | Drama , Romance

Synopsis

In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.

Cast

Emily Watson ,Stellan Skarsgård ,Katrin Cartlidge

Director

Jonas Alexander Arnby

Producted By

Zentropa Entertainments , SVT Drama

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Cast

Emily Watson

as Bess McNeill

[2022] God's Creatures [2021] Monster Family 2 [2021] Too Close [2020] The Third Day [2019] Chernobyl [2018] The Happy Prince [2018] Monster Family [2018] King Lear [2018] On Chesil Beach

Stellan Skarsgård

as Jan Nyman

[2022] I'll Find You [2022] Soul of a Man [2021] Dune [2021] The Ape Star [2020] 11 Colours of the Bird [2020] Out Stealing Horses [2020] Last Words [2019] Chernobyl [2019] The Painted Bird

Katrin Cartlidge

as Dodo McNeill

[2001] From Hell [2001] No Man's Land [1999] The Lost Son [1999] The Cherry Orchard [1998] Hi-Life [1998] Claire Dolan [1997] Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier [1997] Career Girls [1996] Breaking the Waves