DANCER IN THE DARK
Lars Von Trier
With: Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse,
Peter Stormare, Jean-Marc Barr, Joel Grey
Production: Zentropa Entertainments
Duration: 2h19
Year of production: 2000
French release date: 18th of Octobre, 2000
Nationality: Denmark, Sweden
Written by: Lars Von Trier
French distribution: Les Films du Losange
International sales: Trust Films
Coproducers: Liberator Productions, Pain Unlimited,
Trust Film Svenska, IcelandicFilm Corporation
Format: 35 mm,
Format sound: Dolby SRD
DOP: Robby Müller
Sound: Per Streit
Editors: Molly Malene Stensgaard and François Gedigier
Music: Bjork
Costume design: Manon Rasmussen
Production design: Peter Grant
Synopsis
Selma Jezkova, Czech immigrant and single mother, works in a factory in deep America. She finds salvation in her passion for music, especially the songs and dances of the great Hollywood musicals. Selma keeps a dark secret: she is losing her sight and her son Gene will suffer the same fate unless she manages to save enough money to pay for an operation. When a beleaguered neighbor wrongly accuses Selma of stealing his savings, the drama of her life escalates to a tragic finale.
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Prizes
Official Selection at the 2022 San Sebastián Festival - New directors section