The Idiots
It's already been thirty years since two Danish filmmakers signed a manifesto, expressing a desire for chastity in filmmaking. The rejection of artifice and the search for authenticity were its main elements, quickly mocked by the filmmakers themselves, in a single shot or a new film that contradicted their tenets. Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg left their mark on their era and on a generation of new filmmakers. But what do these films tell us today, given that they were such a departure from the mainstream of their time?
Nonconformist and anti-bourgeois young adults make idiocy their guiding principle. Who will succeed in pushing the limits of stupidity the furthest? Karen meets the group, who drag her along with them in their crazy scheme. The second Dogme95 film after Thomas Vinterberg's Festen.
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. Beginning in the late-1960s as a child actor working on a Danish television series, von Trier's career has spanned more than five decades. Considered a major figure of the European film industry, he and his works have been variously described as ambitious and provocative, as well as technically innovative. His films offer confrontational examinations of existential, social, psychosexual, and political issues, and deal with subjects such as mercy, sacrifice, and mental health. He frequently collaborates with the actors Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier and Stellan Skarsgård. Von Trier co-created the avant-garde filmmaking movement Dogme95 alongside fellow director Thomas Vinterberg and co-founded the Danish film production company Zentropa. He is best known for Breaking the Waves (1996), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), and Melancholia (2011).
