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"Fiction. Comédie dramatique. Dans les années 70, sur la côte nord-ouest de l'Écosse, des villageois célèbrent le mariage de Bess, une jeune fille pieuse et naïve, et de Jan, un étranger d'âge mûr qui travaille sur une plate-forme pétrolière. Le bonheur des nouveaux époux est toutefois écourté en raison d'une terrible tragédie qui force Bess à redéfinir ses valeurs profondes. Avec Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Adrian Rawlins, Jonathan Hackett, Sandra Voe, Udo Kier."
"A quiet woman in Northern Scotland marries an oil rig worker, who becomes paralyzed in an accident."@en
"A naive young woman marries a man and learns about passion and physical pleasure. This ends when he suffers a paralyzing accident, and believing he will never make love to her again, he urges her to take lovers."@en
"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."
"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."@en
"A moving portrayal of Bess, a devout, innocent woman who lives in an isolated Scottish fishing village. The warmth and love she has found in her marriage to oil-rig worker Jan is shattered by an accident that leaves him paralysed from the neck down. When he encourages Bess to have sex with other men, she is propelled into a personal and religious crisis that the claustrophobic and repressive community of the village only makes worse."@en
"In the early 1970's a young naive girl, Bess, living in a small community on the north west coast of Scotland, falls in love with oil-rig worker and man-of-the-world, Jan. Despite local opposition they marry. Jan returns to the rig, whilst Bess counts the days to his homecoming, sure that their love is made in heaven. When an accident renders Jan paralysed he is worried that Bess will cut herself off from normal life. He convinces her that she will aid his recovery by taking a lover and relating to him their sexual acts."
"In the early 1970's a young naive girl, Bess, living in a small community on the north west coast of Scotland, falls in love with oil-rig worker and man-of-the-world, Jan. Despite local opposition they marry. Jan returns to the rig, whilst Bess counts the days to his homecoming, sure that their love is made in heaven. When an accident renders Jan paralysed he is worried that Bess will cut herself off from normal life. He convinces her that she will aid his recovery by taking a lover and relating to him their sexual acts."@en
"Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His young, simple-minded, God-fearing Scottish wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty. She willingly takes lovers in the belief that it will cure her paralyzed husband."@en
"Au début des années 70, une jeune fille naïve, Bess, qui vit dans une petite communauté sur la côte nord-ouest de l'Ecosse, tombe amoureuse de Jan, un homme d'âge mûr qui travaille sur une plate-forme pétrolière. Malgré l'opposition de leur entourage, ils se marient. Jan repart sur sa plate-forme tandis que Bess compte les jours qui la séparent de son retour, convaincue que leur amour est béni, d'autant plus qu'elle est persuadée de communiquer avec Dieu."
"A quiet woman in Northern Scotland marries an oil rig worker, who becomes paralyzed in an accident. Since he can no longer engage in sex, he encourages his wife to take lovers, which she does because she believes that it is what God wants her to do."@en
"SUMMARY: "Drama set in a repressed, deeply religious community in the north of Scotland, where a naive young woman named Bess McNeil (Emily Watson) meets and falls in love with Danish oil-rig worker Jan (Stellan Skarsgaard). Bess and Jan are deeply in love but, when Jan returns to his rig, Bess prays to God that he returns for good. Jan does return, his neck broken in an accident aboard the rig. Because of his condition, Jan and Bess are now unable to enjoy a sexual relationship and Jan urges Bess to take another lover and tell him the details. As Bess becomes more and more deviant in her sexual behaviour, the more she comes to believe that her actions are guided by God and are helping Jan recover." IMDB"
"Believing that her prayers to God to bring her husband home from his job on an offshore oil rig caused an accident that left him paralyzed, a pious, young Scottish woman, tragically, submits to his wish that she take on other lovers, convinced that this will aid in his recovery."
"When Bess, a naive young woman, marries Jan, a handsome oil-rig worker, she experiences passion and physical pleasure that she never imagined. Their bliss is cut short when an accident on the rig leaves Jan paralyzed. Believing that he will never make love to Bess again, he tells her to take other lovers, convincing her that this will help his recovery."@en
"When Bess, a naive young woman, marries Jan, a handsome oil-rig worker, she experiences passion and physical pleasure that she never imagined. Their bliss is cut short when an accident on the rig leaves Jan paralyzed. Believing that he will never make love to Bess again, he tells her to take other lovers, convincing her that this will help his recovery."
"Dans une communauté rigoriste du Nord de l'Écosse, la jeune et naïve Bess épouse Jan, un étranger travaillant sur une plate-forme pétrolière. Profondément amoureuse, Bess ne peut supporter d'être séparée de son mari reparti en Mer du Nord et prie pour son retour. Jan revient, mais en raison d'un terrible accident qui l'a rendu paraplégique. Il propose alors à son épouse de rencontrer d'autres hommes et de tout lui raconter ensuite, seule façon selon lui de favoriser sa guérison. Bess finit par s'exécuter."
"After a naive young woman marries a man and learns about passion and physical pleasure, he suffers a paralyzing accident and then urges her to take new lovers."@en
""Années 1970, dans une petite communauté de la côte nord-ouest de l'Ecosse. En dépit de l'opposition de son entourage, Bess épouse Jan. Convaincue que leur amour est béni, Bess communique avec Dieu. Mais Jan est victime d'un accident du travail, et se retrouve paralysé. Bess tente alors tout pour l'aider à guérir."
"Die unerfahrene Bess heiratet Jan, einen Arbeiter von der Bohrinsel. Das junge Paar erlebt grenzenlose Liebe und Leidenschaft. Doch nach einem Unfall wird Jan für immmer ans Bett gefesselt. Er animiert seine Frau, mit anderen Männnern zu schlafen und ihm davon zu erzählen. Im Glauben, Jan damit zu retten, rennt Bess in ihr Verderben."
"Lars von Trier became an international sensation with this galvanizing realist fable about sex and spiritual transcendence. In an Oscar-nominated performance, Emily Watson stuns as Bess, a simple, pious newlywed in a tiny Scottish village who gives herself up to a shocking form of martyrdom after her husband (Stellan Skarsgård) is paralyzed in an oil rig accident. Breaking the waves, both brazen and tender, profane and pure, is an examination of the expansiveness of faith and of its limits."@en
"A naive young woman marries a handsome oil rig worker, and is very happy, until an accident leaves him paralyzed and he urges her to take other lovers as an aid in his recovery."
"Het Schotse plattelandsmeisje Bess, afkomstig uit een zwaar Calvinistische gemeenschap, trouwt met Jan, een olieboorder die na een val van het platform verlamd raakt. Op zijn verzoek gaat Bess de hoer spelen waardoor zij totaal ontredderd raakt en verstoten wordt door haar familie en omgeving."
"Lars von Trier became an international sensation with this galvanizing realist fable about sex and spiritual transcendence. In an Oscar-nominated performance, Emily Watson stuns as Bess, a simple, pious newlywed in a tiny Scottish village who gives herself up to a shocking form of martyrdom after her husband (Stellan Skarsgård) is paralyzed in an oil rig accident.Breaking the Waves, both brazen and tender, profane and pure, is an examination of the expansiveness of faith and of its limits."@en
"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. In English with Korean subtitles."@en
"Dans une communauté rigoriste du Nord de l'Ecosse, la jeune et naïve Bess épouse Jan, un étranger travaillant sur une plate-forme pétrolière. Profondément amoureuse, Bess ne peut supporter d'être séparée de son mari reparti en Mer du Nord et prie pour son retour. Jan revient, mais en raison d'un terrible accident qui l'a rendu paraplégique. Il propose alors à son épouse de rencontrer d'autres hommes et de tout lui raconter ensuite, seule façon selon lui de favoriser sa guérison. Bess finit par s'exécuter, au risque de se retrouver bannie de sa communauté."
"Believing that her prayers to God to bring her husband home from his job on an offshore oil rig caused an accident that left him paralyzed, a pious, young Scottish woman, tragically submits to his wish that she take on other lovers, convinced that this will aid in his recovery."@en
"A pious young Scottish woman prays to God to send her husband 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."
"Années 1970, dans une petite communauté de la côte nord-ouest de l'Ecosse. En dépit de l'opposition de son entourage, Bess épouse Jan. Convaincue que leur amour est béni, Bess communique avec Dieu. Mais Jan est victime d'un accident du travail, et se retrouve paralysé. Bess tente alors tout pour l'aider à guérir."
"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 is filled with guilt and submits to his wish that she take on other lovers, convinced that this will aid his recovery."@en