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.| Status: | Released (2000-09-01) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 34 wins & 48 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $4,184,036 |
| Screen: | Lars von Trier, Sjón |
| Productions: | Zentropa Entertainments, DR, SVT Drama, ARTE, France 3 Cinéma, Blind Spot Pictures, Liberator Productions, Íslenska kvikmyndasamsteypan, Pain Unlimited Filmproduktion, Trust Film Svenska, Cinematograph, What Else?, ARTE France Cinéma, Film i Väst, WDR |
| Production Countries: | Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 47: Björk - Selma Jezkova
- 50: Catherine Deneuve - Kathy
- 52: David Morse - Bill Houston
- 53: Peter Stormare - Jeff
- 6748: Joel Grey - Oldrich Novy
- 2617: Cara Seymour - Linda Houston
- 6749: Vladica Kostic - Gene Jezkova
Crews
- 42: Lars von Trier - Director - Directing
- 6146: Vibeke Windeløv - Producer - Production
- 1174: Peter Aalbæk Jensen - Executive Producer - Production
- 1632: Robby Müller - Director of Photography - Camera
- 6794: François Gédigier - Editor - Editing
- 6156: Molly Malene Stensgaard - Editor - Editing
- 2952: Avy Kaufman - Casting - Production
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Reviews
FrontrunnerParis
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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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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 an ....
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You get a clue as to the slightly surreal nature of the drama right from a start that sees Björk and Catherine Deneuve doing their own amateur dramatics rehearsals of “The Sound of Music”! It turns out that the former, “Selma”, is a Czech immigrant to the USA who is suffering from a ....
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