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

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)

Trailer

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