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.
- Zhanri: Drama, Romance
- Studio: Zentropa Entertainments, Liberator Productions, Trust Film Svenska, Argus Film Produktie, Northern Lights, SVT Drama, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, La Sept Cinéma, VPRO, Media Investment Club
- Fjalen: 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
- Cast: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Adrian Rawlins, Jonathan Hackett