Dancer in the Dark

Dancer in the Dark
7.8

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Directed by: Lars von Trier

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.

Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the Dark

Reviews (3)

  • FrontrunnerParis (Rated: 10)

    Dazzling Björk in this indictment against the death sentence, in tight close-ups. This film is a UFO, musical without being.

  • badelf (Rated: 6)

    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. ...

  • CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)

    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 progressive blin...

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