Breaking the Waves

On a remote Scottish island governed by a stern church of elders, Bess McNeill, a devout young woman who talks to God and answers in his voice, marries Jan, an outsider who works on the oil rigs. Their happiness does not last: an accident offshore leaves Jan paralysed, and from his hospital bed he asks Bess to take other lovers and tell him about them. Believing it is God's will, she agrees, and each encounter carries her further into danger.