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Breaking the waves

Trier, Lars von
Genre: 
Bess, a pious, young Scottish woman, prays to God to send her husband, Jan, home from his job on an offshore oil rig. When an accident sends him home paralyzed, she's filled with guilt and submits to his wish that she take on other lovers, convinced that this will aid in his recovery

MPAA rating: R

Zentropa Entertainments ; written and directed by Lars von Trier ; produced by Vibeke Windel©ıv and Peter Aalb©Œk Jensen ; executive producer, Lars J©œnsson

Originally released as a motion picture in 1996

"October Films."

Special features: trailer ; production notes

"10048."

Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsg©Ærd, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier

Closed-captioned

Executive music producer, Ray Williams ; director of photography, Robby M©ơller ; editor, Anders Refn ; costume design, Manon Rasmussen ; sound designer, Per Streit

DVD; 2.0 stereo
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