Breaking the Waves
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.
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Fair Rent
Duration: 0 h 11 m | 1947
Power cuts, housing shortages and exorbitant rents – Aberdeen man goes head to head with his greedy landlady.
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