Breaking the Waves

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.

Genres:

Drama, Romance

Release:

May 13, 1996

Production:

Det Danske Filminstitut , ARTE , Argus Film Produktie , Canal+ , CoBo Fonds , Coproduction Office , Eurimages , European Script Fund , Finnish Film Foundation , Icelandic Film Centre , La Sept Cinéma , Liberator Productions , Lucky Red , Media Investment Club (Media Programme of the European Union) , Memfis Film , Nederlands Filmfonds , Nordisk Film & TV Fond , Northern Lights , Norsk Filminstitutt , October Films , SVT Drama , Slot Machine , Svenska Filminstitutet , TV 1000 Sverige , Trust Film Svenska , Villealfa Filmproductions , VPRO , YLE , Zentropa Entertainments , ZDF

Casts:

Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Adrian Rawlins, Jonathan Hackett, Sandra Voe, Udo Kier, Mikkel Gaup, Roef Ragas, Robert Robertson, Phil McCall, Desmond Reilly, Sarah Gudgeon, Finlay Welsh, David Gallacher, Ray Jeffries, Owen Kavanagh, Bob Docherty, David Bateson