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Mar 31, 2019 · Lars von Trier - The Idiots (Idioterne) 1998. Ђеромино Готичар. 220 subscribers. Subscribed. 13. 7.4K views 5 years ago. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154421/ clip from a movie ...
With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform. With a mix of home-video and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.
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A seemingly anti-bourgeois group of adults spend their time seeking their "inner idiot" to release their inhibitions. They do so by behaving in public as if they were mentally disabled. At a restaurant, the patrons are disturbed by the group's antics, which are barely contained by their supposed "handler", Susanne. The group refers to this behavior...
The Idiots is a co-production of companies from Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden. It was filmed during May and June 1997.The script was written over just four days, between 16-19 May.
The confession of a Dogme 95 film is an idea adapted by Thomas Vinterbergin the first Dogme 95 film: Make a confession if there were things happening on the shoot which are not in accordance with the strict interpretation of the Dogme 95 rules. It is written from the director's point of view. Accordingly, von Trier made the following confession: In...
The Idiots provoked a storm of publicity and debates, one of which was about the fictional representation of disability. Film critic Mark Kermode's reaction was to shout "Il est merde! Il est merde! (sic)" from the back of the auditorium during the official screening of the film at Cannes, a spontaneous review for which he was ejected from the venu...
Critical reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 72% score based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The website's consensus reads, "The Idiots feels more like an experiment than a coherent narrative, but director Lars von Trier's provocative style and rumination on civilization will leave most audience members feeling like satisfied test subjects". Metacritic reports a 47 out of 100 rating based on 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Reactions to t...
Sexually explicit scenes
More controversy arose over the sexual content, which was unusually explicit for a narrative film. The Idiots contains a shower scene in which a member of the group (in character as an "idiot") has an erection and, later, a group sex scene that includes one couple (faces not seen, stand-ins from the porn industry) having unsimulated penetrative (vaginal) sexual intercourse. Both instances of explicit content are in view only for a few seconds. The film was cleared for theatrical release by th...
Accolades
The film was shown in competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. 1. Bodil Awards (1999) 1.1. Won: Best Actress, Bodil Jørgensen 1.2. Won: Best Supporting Actor, Nikolaj Lie Kaas 1.3. Won: Best Supporting Actress, Anne Louise Hassing 1.4. Nominated: Best Film 2. Cannes Film Festival (1998) 2.1. Nominated: Palme d'Or 3. European Film Awards (1998) 3.1. Nominated: European Film Award, Best Screenwriter 4. London Film Festival (1998) 4.1. Won: FIPRESCIPrize, Lars von Trier 5. Robert Festival (...
The Idiots at IMDbThe Idiots at the TCM Movie DatabaseThe Idiots at Rotten TomatoesThe Idiots at MetacriticDec 17, 2021 · A mix of home-video and documentary, tells the story of a group of eccentrics in a Copenhagen suburb who find cathartic release in breaking limitations and bringing out their inner idiots. By doing so they attack middle-class sensibilities. An official Dogma-95 film.
May 20, 1998 · 1h 57m. IMDb RATING. 6.7 /10. 34K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Play trailer 1:03. 1 Video. 26 Photos. Comedy Drama. The group of people gather at the house in Copenhagen suburb to break all the limitations and to bring out the "inner idiot" in themselves. Director. Lars von Trier. Writer. Lars von Trier. Stars. Bodil Jørgensen. Jens Albinus.
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4 years ago. Libertina Movie. Idioterne (The Idiots) 1998. Onze Rating: 4 Sterren. Regie: Lars von Trier. Hoofdrollen: Bodil Jorgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing... Scenario: Lars von Trier. Montage: Molly Malene Stensgaard. Cinematografie: Lars von Trier. Première: 1998. Genre: Drama, Artmovie, Trash, Avant-garde. Speelduur: 117 min.
In Lars von Trier's tragi-comedy a group of young men and women turn their backs on established society and form a commune in order to cultivate their "inner idiots". They provoke the people around them and themselves by pretending to be retarded.
