Stars: Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Udo Kier, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey, Jean-Marc Barr

Director: Lars Von Trier

Summary: Selma, a Czech immigrant goes in search of a new life in America for her and her ten year old son. She is given a starring role in the local production of 'The Sound Of Music' and life seems relatively good apart from the fact that she has a genetic disorder that will leave her blind unless she can raise the money for an operation...

The final installment in Lars von Trier's Golden Heart trilogy (which includes BREAKING THE WAVES and THE IDIOTS), DANCER IN THE DARK takes the director's original blend of heightened pseudorealism and fabricated melodrama to a dangerously intense level. The story concerns Selma (Bjork), a Czech immigrant living in 1964 Washington State with her 12-year-old son, Gene (Vladan Kostic). On the verge of blindness, Selma spends her days working in a factory, as well as performing other odd jobs, in order to save up enough money to pay for an operation that will cure Gene of the same disease. To pass the time, Selma fantasizes that her own life is a musical, one in which her friends join her in sweeping song-and-dance routines. After her neighbor Bill (David Morse) discovers Selma's hidden savings and steals them from her, she is forced to perform an act of salvation that will condemn her forever. As the innocent Selma, Bjork is one of the most fragile and heartbreaking presences the screen has ever seen. Her unbearably moving performance is enough to keep the viewer mesmerized throughout, even amid the story gaps and inconsistencies. Featuring compassionate supporting turns by Catherine Deneuve and Peter Stormare, DANCER IN THE DARK is an unrelenting gut punch that will have sympathetic audiences quivering with uncontrollable emotion.

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Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive menu
Year:	2000
Release Date:	September 24, 2007
Runtime:	134 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	F4 D V D 90053
Keywords:	Dark, English, Dancer, Musical, Drama, Bjork
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts