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Breaking the Waves
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Suffering from paralysis, Jan, a young courageous handsome oilman, who falls in love with a beautiful and religious woman, whom he married and lives happily, but he cannot please her, as he after facing a horrible accident that leaves him paralyzed, so he asks her to have sex with other men.
Suffering from paralysis, Jan, a young courageous handsome oilman, who falls in love with a beautiful and religious woman, whom he married and lives happily, but he cannot please her, as he after facing a horrible accident that leaves him paralyzed, so he asks her to have sex with other men.
Actors:
Robert Robertson,
Gavin Mitchell,
Brian Smith,
Steven Leach,
Iain Agnew,
David Bateson,
Finlay Welsh,
Owen Kavanagh,
John Wark,
Ray Jeffries,
Simon Towler Jorfaid
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Robert Robertson
3 July 1930, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK
Gavin Mitchell
13 January 1966, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Brian Smith
Steven Leach
Iain Agnew
David Bateson
9 February 1960
Finlay Welsh
Owen Kavanagh
John Wark
Ray Jeffries
Simon Towler Jorfaid
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