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The Idiots (Dogma 95)

Lars von Trier / DK, ES, SE, FR, NL, IT, 1998 / 110 min.

Lars von Trier as a full-blown provocateur satirising the hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie. A group of people act like they have issues to provoke the citizens of a suburb – and the audience.

poster Idioterne (The Idiots) (Lars von Trier, DK/ES/SE/FR/NL/IT 1998)
Lars von Trier’s comedy-drama revolves around a Danish commune whose members aim to disrupt bourgeois society by spontaneously pretending to have physical or mental handicaps in public. They want to create a better world by allowing their ‘inner idiot’ to express itself. A new recruit to the group develops into a power-hungry tyrant.

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Persons under 16 years must be accompanied by an adultThis movie contains scenes showing explicit sexThis movie contains foul language

Director

Lars von Trier

Production year

1998

Country

DK, ES, SE, FR, NL, IT

Original title

Idioterne

Length

110 min.

Language

Danish

Subtitles

NLD or ENG

Format

DCP

still Idioterne (The Idiots) (Lars von Trier, DK/ES/SE/FR/NL/IT 1998)
still Idioterne (The Idiots) (Lars von Trier, DK/ES/SE/FR/NL/IT 1998)
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