Breaking the Waves (1996)

7.6	Listal rating
7.8	IMDB rating

Drama (5), Disability (4), Depressing (3), Romance (2), Denmark (2), Beautiful (2), Oil Rig (2), Scottish (2), Cannes Winner (2), 1990s (2), British (2), Iceland (1), English (1), Religion In Film Course At MTA (1), France (1), Netherlands (1), Love (1), Religion (1), Aip (1), 1996 (1)

Description

Drama set in a repressed, deeply religious community in the north of Scotland, where a naive young woman named Bess McNeil (Emily Watson) meets and falls in love with Danish oil-rig worker Jan (Stellan Skarsgaard). Bess and Jan are deeply in love but, when Jan returns to his rig, Bess prays to God that he returns for good. Jan does return, his neck ... (more)

Directed by

Lars von Trier

Starring (View all) :

Bess McNeill

Jan Nyman

Dodo McNeill

Terry

Dr. Richardson

Priest

Mother

Sadistic Sailor

Pits

Pim

Written by (View all) :

Lars von Trier

Peter Asmussen

(co-written by)

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