Breaking the Waves
Love is a mighty power.
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.
- Year: 1996
- Country: Denmark, Spain, France, Iceland, Norway, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Studio: 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
- Keyword: underdog, dying and death, prostitute, paraplegic, parent child relationship, faith, scotland, society, tradition, prayer, excommunication, authority, 1970s, coercion, god, priest, church, polyamory, disabled, oil rig , oil platform, scottish highlands
- Director: Lars von Trier
- Cast: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Adrian Rawlins, Jonathan Hackett