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Breaking the Waves (1996)

Cast

  • stellan skarsgård movies
    Stellan Skarsgård
    as Jan Nyman
  • emily watson movies
    Emily Watson
    as Bess McNeill
  • udo kier movies
    Udo Kier
    as Sadistic Sailor
  • jean-marc barr movies
    Jean-Marc Barr
    as Terry
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Genres & Description

Action Drama Romance

7.9 / 10

Drama set in a repressed, deeply religious community in the north of Scotland, where a naive young woman named Bess McNeil meets and falls in love with Danish oil-rig worker Jan. 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 broken in an accident aboard the rig. Because of his condition, Jan and Bess are now unable to enjoy a sexual relationship and Jan urges Bess to take another lover and tell him the details. As Bess becomes more and more deviant in her sexual behavior, the more she comes to believe that her actions are guided by God and are helping Jan recover.

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Comments on this trailer
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Harrison González-García
Gut-wrenching but ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT film! Top 5 in my list for sure! - @Wednesday, December 26, 2018 5:05 PM

gaz riley
good film - @Wednesday, October 31, 2018 12:11 AM

Jan Nguyen
One of the most hard-hitting films I've EVER seen. - @Sunday, October 21, 2018 2:59 PM

George Wyatt
Cuck - @Tuesday, October 2, 2018 10:17 PM

Michaell Bashar
I've got nothing against Frances, but Emily Watson really deserved that award, more than Frances, if you make a comparation, Emily's performance is more strong and hard to see, I love Frances, but her performance wasn't something subliminal for me... and I loved Fargo - @Thursday, September 20, 2018 6:27 AM

Mister Jdvik
Whats the name of the song? - @Monday, July 30, 2018 4:29 AM

Crystal Bernard
My all time favorite movie. What a story! And how the director made it work is amazing, he is brilliant! - @Thursday, May 17, 2018 1:24 AM

skin09588
Don't like the trailer, doesn't convey the tone of the film. - @Wednesday, March 7, 2018 12:19 PM

Shteno
If we have to make a list of the Top 5 films ever made, Breaking The Waves is definitely in it, and possibly at the very top! - @Monday, June 26, 2017 1:40 PM

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