Breaking the Waves

Breaking the Waves
1996DramaRomance158 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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.

  • Lars von Trier

    Director

  • Lars von Trier

    Writer

  • Peter Asmussen

    Co-Writer

  • David Pirie

    Co-Writer

  • Kirsten Bonnén Rask

    Script Consultant

  • Tómas Gislason

    Script Consultant

  • Robby Müller

    Director of Photography

  • Anders Refn

    Editor

  • Emily Watson

    Bess McNeill

  • Stellan Skarsgård

    Jan Nyman

  • Katrin Cartlidge

    Dodo McNeill

  • Jean-Marc Barr

    Terry

  • Adrian Rawlins

    Dr. Richardson

  • Jonathan Hackett

    Priest

  • Sandra Voe

    Mother

  • Udo Kier

    Sadistic Sailor

  • Mikkel Gaup

    Pits

  • Roef Ragas

    Pim

  • Robert Robertson

    Chairman

  • Phil McCall

    Grandfather

  • Desmond Reilly

    An Elder

  • Sarah Gudgeon

    Sybilla

  • Finlay Welsh

    Coroner

  • David Gallacher

    Glasgow Doctor

  • Ray Jeffries

    Man on Bus

  • Owen Kavanagh

    Man at Lighthouse

  • Bob Docherty

    Man on Boat

  • David Bateson

    Young Sailor

  • Callum Cuthbertson

    Radio Operator

  • Gavin Mitchell

    Police Officer 1

  • Brian Smith

    Police Officer 2

  • Iain Agnew

    Praying Man 1

  • Charles Kearney

    Praying Man 2

  • Steven Leach

    Praying Man 3

  • Dorte Rømer

    Nurse

  • Anthony J. O'Donnell

    Boy 1

  • John Wark

    Boy 2

  • Ronnie McKellaig

    Precentor

  • Peter Bensted

    Ugly Man (voice)

  • Simon Towler Jorfald

    Boy in Film (voice)

  • Klaus Hjuler

    Paramedic (uncredited)

    • 3.0

    Runtime

    158 minutes

    Released

    1996-07-05

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    Denmark

    Spain

    France

    Iceland

    Norway

    Netherlands

    United Kingdom

    Sweden

    Studios

    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

    Updated

    230 days ago

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