Dogville

Colorado, 1930s. Fleeing a gang of gangsters, Grace arrives in the isolated town of Dogville, where the townspeople agree to hide her in exchange for her labour. At first received with reluctance, she gradually finds herself subjected to increasingly cruel demands and abuses. In Dogville, Grace soon learns that kindness can be a fragile and conditional virtue.

Duration: 170’
Production year: 2003
Country: DK, GB, SE, FR, DE
Language: EN Subtitles: PT

Upcoming sessions

17:15

Culturgest

Small Auditorium

Cannes Film Festival 2003 — Palm Dog
Tiff - Toronto International Film Festival 2003

Lars von Trier

Born in 1956, Lars von Trier has established himself as the most ambitious and visually distinctive Danish filmmaker on the contemporary scene. He made his feature film debut with The Element of Crime (1984), which earned him international recognition, and solidified his reputation with Europa (1991), Breaking the Waves (1996) and The Idiots (1998). In 1995, he co-founded the Dogme 95 movement, which advocated a more austere and naturalistic approach to filmmaking. His work is characterised by formal experimentation, the subversion of cinematic conventions, and an exploration of the limits of representation. Dancer in the Dark (2000), winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, marked one of the most acclaimed moments of his career. Subsequent films such as Dogville (2003), Manderlay (2005), Melancholia (2011), Nymphomaniac: Vol. I and Vol. II (2013), and The House That Jack Built (2018) further confirmed the diversity and radical nature of his trajectory within European and international cinema.