Movie Info: Breaking the Waves (1996)

Director: Lars von Trier

Writer: David Pirie, Lars von Trier, Peter Asmussen

Producer: Producer: Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Vibeke Windeløv
Co-Producer: Axel Helgeland, Marianne Slot, Peter van Vogelpoel, Rob Langestraat
Executive Producer: Lars Jönsson

Genre: Art Film, Drama, Romance, Romance Film

In the small, conservative Scottish village of Benncleuch, a naive young woman named Bess McNeil (Emily Watson) marries Jan Nyman (Stellan Skarsgård), a Danish oil-rig worker. After their marriage, Jan returns to his rig, promising to come back soon. Alone and lonely, Bess prays fervently for God t...