05/07/1996
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.
Emily Watson
as Bess McNeill
Stellan Skarsgård
as Jan Nyman
Katrin Cartlidge
as Dodo McNeill
Jean-Marc Barr
as Terry
Adrian Rawlins
as Dr. Richardson
Jonathan Hackett
as Priest
Sandra Voe
as Mother
Udo Kier
as Sadistic Sailor
Mikkel Gaup
as Pits
Roef Ragas
as Pim
Robert Robertson
as Chairman
Phil McCall
as Grandfather
Desmond Reilly
as An Elder
Sarah Gudgeon
as Sybilla
Finlay Welsh
as Coroner
David Gallacher
as Glasgow Doctor
Ray Jeffries
as Man on Bus
Owen Kavanagh
as Man at Lighthouse
Bob Docherty
as Man on Boat
David Bateson
as Young Sailor
Callum Cuthbertson
as Radio Operator
Gavin Mitchell
as Police Officer 1
Brian Smith
as Police Officer 2
Iain Agnew
as Praying Man 1
Charles Kearney
as Praying Man 2
Steven Leach
as Praying Man 3
Dorte Rømer
as Nurse
Anthony J. O'Donnell
as Boy 1
John Wark
as Boy 2
Ronnie McKellaig
as Precentor
Peter Bensted
as Ugly Man (voice)
Simon Towler Jorfald
as Boy in Film (voice)
Klaus Messerschmidt Juhler
as Paramedic (uncredited)
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