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THE IDIOTS

Lars Von Trier

With: Bodil Jorgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Production: Zentropa Entertainments, DR TV

Duration: 1h30
Year of production: 2000
French release date: 20th of May 1998
Nationality: Denmark
Written by: Lars Von Trier
French distribution: Les Films du Losange
International sales: TrustFilm

Coproducers: Liberator Productions, ARTE, Argus Film Produktie, VRPO Television Holland, ZDF / ARTE

Format: 35 mm,
Format sound: Dolby Stereo

DOP: Lars Von Trier
Sound: Per Streit

Editor: Molly Malene Stensgaard

Synopsis

​A group of young people with a fierce appetite for life spend their time tracking down stupidity. They explore the hidden and less appreciated values ​​of idiocy and confront them with the society in which they live. They are delighted every time one of them finds a new way to overcome the limits of stupidity. Karen meets three members of the group by chance and unwittingly becomes involved in their little game.

Trailer

Prizes

Oficial Selection - Festival de Cannes 1998

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