Breaking the Waves
Jul 05, 1996 | IMDB 7.5
158 min Watch NowDrama, Romance
In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.
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