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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.
- $45.6 million, (416 million kr)
- Vibeke Windeløv
- Björk
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.
- (114K)
- Crime, Drama, Musical
- Lars von Trier
- 2000-10-06
2000, Drama, 2h 20m. 70% Tomatometer 122 Reviews. 91% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings. What to know. Critics Consensus. Dancer in Dark can be grim, dull, and difficult to watch, but even so,...
- (121)
- Lars Von Trier
- R
- Björk
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.
Summaries. 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.
Dancer in the Dark - Apple TV. Available on iTunes. Bjork stars in Lars von Trier's powerful film about a young woman in rural America who, facing blindness, escapes into the fantasy world of Hollywood musicals. Drama 2000 2 hr 20 min. 70% Starring Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse. Director Lars von Trier. Trailers. Dancer in the Dark.