Breaking the Waves

Release date: Jul 5, 1996

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.

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Top Cast

Bess McNeill

Jan Nyman

Dodo McNeill

Terry

Dr. Richardson

Priest

Mother

Sadistic Sailor

Pits

Pim

Chairman

Grandfather

An Elder

Sybilla

Coroner

Glasgow Doctor

Man on Bus

Man at Lighthouse

Man on Boat

Young Sailor

Radio Operator

Police Officer 1

Police Officer 2

Praying Man 1

Praying Man 2

Praying Man 3

Nurse

Boy 1

Boy 2

Precentor

Ugly Man (voice)

Boy in Film (voice)

Paramedic (uncredited)

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