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Dancer In The Dark is a 2000 musical psychological tragedy film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It stars Icelandic musician Björk as a factory worker who suffers from a degenerative eye condition and is saving for an operation to prevent her young son from suffering the same fate.
Oct 6, 2000 · Dancer in the Dark: Directed by Lars von Trier. With Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare. An Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.
Dancer in the Dark R Now Playing 2h 20m Drama List 70% Tomatometer 122 Reviews 91% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings Selma is a Czech immigrant, a single mother working in a factory in rural America.
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An Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision. In small-town Washington state in 1964, Czechoslovakian immigrant Selma Jezková and her preteen son Gene live in a rented trailer owned by Bill and Linda Houston; Bill is the town sheriff.
Oct 20, 2000 · "Dancer in the Dark" is a brave throwback to the fundamentals of the cinema--to heroines and villains, noble sacrifices and dastardly betrayals. The relatively crude visual look underlines the movie's abandonment of slick modernism.
Sep 22, 2000 · Bjork stars as Selma, a Czech immigrant and single mother working in a factory in rural America. She is losing her eyesight and her 10 year-old son stands to suffer the same fate if she can't put away enough money to secure him an operation. (FilmFour)
Oct 6, 2000 · 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.
