Breaking the Waves

“Love is a mighty power.”

An oil rig accident leaves Jan Nyman (Stellan Skarsgård) paralyzed, sent home to a small, strict Scottish village where his wife had prayed for him to return. Lars von Trier follows Bess McNeill (Emily Watson), newly married and guilty, as Jan asks her to take another man to bed and tell him about it. She believes God speaks to her, and she answers him.