The Kingdom II

Built over former chemical bleaching ponds, Denmark’s most advanced hospital becomes the setting for inexplicable events. Ghosts, doctors and patients inhabit a daily reality where the transcendent seeps in and reason begins to falter. With The Kingdom, Lars von Trier turns the medical drama into a cult classic of horror and dark humor, where science and the supernatural intertwine.

Duration: 289’
Production year: 1997
Country: DK, IT, DE, FR, NO, SE, NL
Language: DA, SV Subtitles: EN

Upcoming sessions

14:00

São Jorge Cinema

Room 3

International Film Festival Rotterdam 1998

Lars von Trier, Morten Arnfred

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.