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Dancer in the Dark

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Dancer in the Dark
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R,2hrs 17min
Genres:
Drama,Musical
Released:
September 22, 2000
Director:
Lars von Trier
Distributor:
Fine Line Features
Starring:
Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse  ...more
Synopsis: Reportedly the third in acclaimed director Lars von Trier's "Golden Hearts" trilogy (preceded by Breaking the Waves and The Idiots), this film is a hip reworking of the classic Hollywood Musical, starring international pop diva Bjork. Set somewhere in rural Washington state, Czech immigrant Selma (Bjork) works in a pressing plant, struggling to make ends meet for herself and her 10-year-old son, Gene (Vladica Kostic). Her best friend is coworker and fellow European Kathy (Catherine Deneuve). While ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola
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Dancer in the Dark (2000) is nothing if not divisive, which probably pleased bad boy auteur Lars von Trier. Boldly merging two florid genres, the melodrama and the musical, with a handheld video, monophonic style (in the dramatic scenes) that is stridently drab, Dancer's ultra-soap opera, movie-literate plot and kaleidoscopically avant-garde musical interludes reveal the lie of musical fantasy while ... Full Review
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