Breaking the Waves

Love is a mighty power.

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.

Drama Romance

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 Messerschmidt Juhler

(Paramedic (uncredited))