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