The Idiots (1998)
- Original title
- Idioterne
- Directed by
- Lars von Trier
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- France, Netherlands, Denmark, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 655 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of young people pretends to have intellectual disabilities in public as a form of social provocation. The film follows their experiments and the reactions they provoke.
confrontationaluncomfortabledarkly comicrawimprovisationalprovocativesatiricalunpredictable
What happens
The Idiots (Danish: Idioterne) is a 1998 black comedy drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It is his first film made in compliance with the Dogme 95 Manifesto, and is also known as Dogme #2. It is the second film in Trier's “Golden Heart” trilogy, preceded by Breaking the Waves (1996) and succeeded by Dancer in the Dark (2000). It is among the first films to be shot entirely with digital cameras. It was screened at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Palme d’Or, despite being met with widespread criticism upon release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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