Breaking the Waves

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In Theaters: October 4, 1996

February 28, 1997

R | 2h 38m | Comedy, Drama, Romance


Set in a community in Northern Scotland, Bess McNeil (Emily Watson) falls in love with an oil-rig worker, Jan (Stellan Skarsgård). When Jan has an accident that leaves him paralyzed from the neck down, he asks that she continue her sexual relations with another man, and return to him with the details.

Director: Lars von Trier
Studio: October Films
Producer(s): Vibeke Windeløv
Cast: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Adrian Rawlins
Writer(s): Lars von Trier
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