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.

• Zentropa Entertainments
• Liberator Productions
• Emily Watson
• Stellan Skarsgård
• Katrin Cartlidge
• Jean-Marc Barr
• Adrian Rawlins
• Jonathan Hackett
• Sandra Voe
• Udo Kier