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
