CAST:
Emily Watson (Bess McNeill),
Stellan Skarsgård (Jan Nyman),
Katrin Cartlidge (Dodo McNeill),
Jean-Marc Barr (Terry),
Adrian Rawlins (dr. Richardson)

SCRIPT:
Lars von Trier,
Peter Asmussen

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Robby Müller

EDITING:
Anders Refn

Synopsis:

The story takes place in Scotland’s small town whose inhabitants are deeply religious. Bess is a young, simple and naïve girl devoted to God. She falls in love with Jan, Danish worker on an oil rig, and they get married. Marital happiness does not last long because Jan has an accident and remains paralyzed. Unable to sexually please her, he suggests to Bess to find herself another man. Bess blames herself for his accident and interprets his plea in a way that only she can understand.

color, 159'