The Idiots

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6.6/10 from 248 votes

Director: Lars von Trier

Date of release: 28 Apr 1998

Description

With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform. With a mix of home-video and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.

Extra

Collection	Heart of Gold Collection
Budget	2500000 $
Runtime	117 minute
Producer	Zentropa Entertainments DR TV
Language	Dansk
Themes	lifestyle psychology commune idiot group sex mentally disabled test of courage unsimulated sex mockery theatre milieu freedom publicity dogme 95 normality bodily disabled person social control simulation staging social coercions self-awareness
Actors	Jens Jørn Spottag Erik Wedersøe Erno Müller Anne Louise Hassing Anders Hove Troels Lyby Paprika Steen Lone Lindorff Nikolaj Lie Kaas Michael Moritzen Jens Albinus Marina Bouras Claus Strandberg Louise Mieritz Hans Henrik Clemensen John Martinus Henrik Prip Bodil Jørgensen Trine Michelsen Birgit Conradi Lars Bjarke Lillian Tillegreen Kirsten Vaupel Julie Wieth Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis Christian Friis Regitze Estrup Luis Mesonero Knud Romer Jørgensen Jan Elle Ewald Larsen Louise B. Clausen Lotte Munk Albert Wickmann Ditlev Weddelsborg Jesper Sønderaas Peter Frøge Bent Sørensen