Breaking The Waves

release date:Original release 1996
genre:Drama
running time:158 min.
director:Lars von Trier
studio:October Films
producer(s):Vibeke Windeløv
screenplay:Lars von Trier
cast:Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Adrian Rawlins
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Breaking The Waves Movie Synopsis

Set in a community in Northern Scotland, Bess McNeil (Watson) falls in love with an oil-rig worker, Jan (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.

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Profoundly deep, her acting was incredible and very compelling.

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