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Breaking the Waves
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The life of a young courageous and handsome oilman, who falls in love with a beautiful woman and marries her, has been turned upside down, when he faces a fatal accident that leads him to be paralyzed, so he asks his wife, who is so religious, to have sex with other men, as a kind of help to get recovered.
The life of a young courageous and handsome oilman, who falls in love with a beautiful woman and marries her, has been turned upside down, when he faces a fatal accident that leads him to be paralyzed, so he asks his wife, who is so religious, to have sex with other men, as a kind of help to get recovered.
Actors:
Phil McCall,
Owen Kavanagh,
Stellan SkarsgÄrd,
Callum Cuthbertson,
David Gallacher,
John Wark,
Sarah Gudgeon,
David Bateson,
Charles Kearney,
Robert Robertson,
Bob Docherty,
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Phil McCall
26 November 1925, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Owen Kavanagh
Stellan SkarsgÄrd
13 June 1951, Gothenburg, VÀstra Götalands lÀn, Sweden
Callum Cuthbertson
David Gallacher
John Wark
Sarah Gudgeon
David Bateson
9 February 1960
Charles Kearney
Robert Robertson
3 July 1930, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK
Bob Docherty
Director:
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier
30 April 1956, Copenhagen, Denmark
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