Dancer in the Dark
DramaCrime
7.852/10
|DK
|en
|140 min
Release Date: 2000-09-01
Overview - 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.
Production Companies
Zentropa EntertainmentsDRSVT DramaARTEFrance 3 CinémaBlind Spot Pictures
User Reviews
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FrontrunnerParis
10/10
Dazzling Björk in this indictment against the death sentence, in tight close-ups. This film is a UFO, musical without being.
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badelf
6/10
I have tremendous respect for Lars von Trier's work, and I deeply admire his courage in attempting to fuse drama with musical theater. "Dancer in the Dark" is nothing if not audacious. Unfortunately, ambition alone doesn't make a successful film, and this one fails both as a drama and as a musical. As drama, the film stumbles on two fundamental levels. First, the handheld, shaky camera movement...
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