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Dancer in the Dark
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.
2000 · Directed by Lars von Trier · 140 min · Drama · Crime · 35 frames
Tagline
In a world of shadows, she found the light of life.
Crew
- Written by: Lars von Trier
- Cinematography: Robby Müller
- Edited by: François Gédigier, Molly Malene Stensgaard
- Music: Björk
- Production design: Karl Júlíusson
- Produced by: Vibeke Windeløv, Leo Pescarolo
Cast
- Björk as Selma Jezkova
- Catherine Deneuve as Kathy
- David Morse as Bill Houston
- Peter Stormare as Jeff
- Joel Grey as Oldrich Novy
- Cara Seymour as Linda Houston
- Vladica Kostic as Gene Jezkova
- Jean-Marc Barr as Norman
- Vincent Paterson as Samuel
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Brenda
Production
- Country: Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden
- Language: English
- Studios: Zentropa Entertainments, DR, SVT Drama, ARTE
- Budget: $12,500,000
- Box office: $40,061,153
- Themes: factory worker, individual, immigrant, blindness and impaired vision, dancing, eye operation, small town, naivety, hereditary disease, robbery
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