Breaking the waves [videorecording (DVD)] / [produced by Zentropa Entertainments ; October Films ; written and directed by Lars von Trier ; produced by Vibeke Windeløv and Peter Aalbæk Jensen].
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Edition:
Fullscreen version.
Publisher:
Artisan Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
1999
Description:
1 videodisc (152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter index (1 sheet ; 19 cm.)
Title from disc label. Originally released as a motion picture by October Films in 1996. Issued also in "Indie DVD Collector's Pack" (10045 Artisan Home Entertainment). Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier.
Summary:
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.
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