Top billed cast

1. 

   Emily Watson

   Bess McNeill

2. 

   Stellan Skarsgård

   Jan Nyman

3. 

   Katrin Cartlidge

   Dodo McNeill

4. 

   Jean-Marc Barr

   Terry

5. 

   Adrian Rawlins

   Dr. Richardson

6. 

   Jonathan Hackett

   Priest

7. 

   Sandra Voe

   Mother

8. 

   Udo Kier

   Sadistic Sailor

9. 

   Mikkel Gaup

   Pits

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-08-06

Though I really didn't rate the story so much here, I thought the performance from Emily Watson as "Bess" is formidable. She lives on a remote Scottish island and is to marry oil rig worker "Jan" (Stellan Skarsgård). Somewhat reluctantly, the islanders embrace this and all is happy until she feels the wrench of his return to the rig. Pining for him, she regularly has conversations with God in their small kirk. It's on one such occasion that she begs him to send her husband home to her. Well, he does - but following a tragic accident that has left him completely incapacitated. She is determine...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
Danish

Budget
$7,500,000.00

Revenue
$23,000,000.00

Keywords

• underdog
• dying and death
• prostitute
• paraplegic
• parent child relationship
• faith
• scotland
• society
• tradition
• prayer
• excommunication
• authority
• 1970s
• coercion
• god
• priest
• church
• polyamory
• disabled
• oil rig 
• oil platform
• scottish highlands
• audacious