‘Breaking the Waves’

One of last year’s finest, most venturesome films is an awesomely powerful tale of love and faith starring Emily Watson (pictured) as a young woman living in a severe Calvinist village who becomes convinced that taking lovers will cure her husband (Stellan Skarsgard), paralyzed in an accident. An amazing, demanding film with shattering portrayals by Watson and Skarsgard (Cinemax Thursday at midnight).