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.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.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.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 5 nominations
Jens Jørn Spottag
- Boss At Advertising Agency
- (as Jens Jørgen Spottag)
- Director
- Lars von Trier(uncredited)
- Writer
- Lars von Trier(uncredited)
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- TriviaInfamously, English critic Mark Kermode got thrown out of the screening at the Cannes film festival for loudly heckling the film and yelling "il est merde!" at the screen on multiple occasions (French for the vulgar critique, "this is shit").
- GoofsThis is a film that adheres to the 'Dogme 95' manifesto, so the usual goof rules do not necessarily apply. This includes shots of the crew, microphones and other equipment, as well as continuity errors.
- Alternate versionsTo avoid an NC-17 rating, the U.S. distributor used black bars to cover all shots of male genitals and penetration during the orgy scene.
- ConnectionsFeatured in De ydmygede (1998)
- SoundtracksThe Swan
Written by Camille Saint-Saëns (as Camille Saint-Saens)
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Mediocre film, childish manifesto
What can you expect from a film based on a childish manifesto like Dogma 95? Bad lighting, bad acting (with a couple of notable exceptions) and a feeling that some of the scenes (like the orgy) were introduced only to prove that the Dogma was being obeyed...
The story itself (a group of people pretending to be mentally retarded and interacting with the "normal" world, with each other and with themselves) is sometimes intriguing and certainly will not leave any spectator undisturbed, but it is not enough to make this piece remarkable.
Only to be seen as a curiosity...
The story itself (a group of people pretending to be mentally retarded and interacting with the "normal" world, with each other and with themselves) is sometimes intriguing and certainly will not leave any spectator undisturbed, but it is not enough to make this piece remarkable.
Only to be seen as a curiosity...
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- Nov 24, 1998
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- Dogma 2: 'The Idiots'
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- $2,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $2,804
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