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Dancer In The Dark Details

2000 Certificate 15 Certificate 15
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The final instalment in Lars von Trier's Golden Heart trilogy (which includes BREAKING THE WAVES and THE IDIOTS), DANCER IN THE DARK takes the director's original blend of heightened pseudo-realism and fabricated melodrama to a dangerously intense level. The story concerns Selma (Bjork), a Czech immigrant living in 1964 .. Read more

Starring Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Udo Kier
Director Lars Von Trier
Genres Drama, Music/Musical

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Dancer In The Dark

The final instalment in Lars von Trier's Golden Heart trilogy (which includes BREAKING THE WAVES and THE IDIOTS), DANCER IN THE DARK takes the director's original blend of heightened pseudo-realism and fabricated melodrama to a dangerously intense level. The story concerns Selma (Bjork), a Czech immigrant living in 1964 Washington State with her 12-year-old son, Gene (Vladan Kostic). On the verge of blindness, Selma spends her days working in a factory, as well as performing other odd jobs, in order to save up enough money to pay for an operation that will cure Gene of the same disease. To pass the time, Selma fantasizes that her own life is a musical, one in which her friends join her in sweeping song-and-dance routines. After her neighbor Bill (David Morse) discovers Selma's hidden savings and steals them from her, she is forced to perform an act of salvation that will condemn her forever. As the innocent Selma, Bjork is one of the most fragile and heartbreaking presences the screen has ever seen. Her unbearably moving performance is enough to keep the viewer mesmerized throughout, even amid the story gaps and inconsistencies. Featuring compassionate supporting turns by Catherine Deneuve and Peter Stormare, DANCER IN THE DARK is an unrelenting gut punch that will have sympathetic audiences quivering with uncontrollable emotion.

Starring Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Udo Kier, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey, Jean-Marc Barr, Stellan Skarsgard
Director Lars Von Trier
Studio 4DVD
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 14 mins
LOVEFiLM Instant: 2 hrs 14 mins
Certificate Certificate 15 DVD
Certificate 15 LOVEFiLM Instant
Genres Drama, Music/Musical
Language DVD: English, English Audio Description
LOVEFiLM Instant: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released Production year: 2000

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LOVEFiLM Instant: 27 Aug 2010

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DVD: 15 Jul 2002
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      The final instalment in Lars von Trier's Golden Heart trilogy (which includes BREAKING THE WAVES and THE IDIOTS), DANCER IN THE DARK takes the director's original blend of heightened pseudo-realism and fabricated melodrama to a dangerously intense level. The story concerns Selma (Bjork), a Czech ...

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