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Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the Dark is a 2000 English-language Danish musical melodrama film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It stars Icelandic musician Björk as a daydreaming immigrant factory worker who suffers from a degenerative eye condition and is saving up to pay for an operation to prevent her young son from suffering the same fate. Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Cara Seymour, Peter Stormare, Siobhan Fallon Hogan and Joel Grey also star.
Plot
In Washington state in 1964, Selma Ježková, a Czech immigrant, has moved to the United States with her son, Gene Ježek. They live a life of poverty as Selma works at a factory with her good friend Kathy, whom she nicknames Cvalda. She rents a trailer home on the property of town policeman Bill Houston and his wife, Linda. She is also pursued by the shy but persistent Jeff, who also works at the factory.
Awards
Cast
- Al Agami
- Anna David
- Anna Norberg
- Björk
- Britt Bendixen
- Cara Seymour
- Caroline Sascha Cogez
- Catherine Deneuve
- David Morse
- Jean-Marc Barr
- Jens Albinus
- Joel Grey
- John Martinus
- John Randolph Jones
- Katrine Falkenberg
- Luke Reilly
- Mette Berggreen
- Michael Flessas
- Noah Lazarus
- Paprika Steen
- Peter Stormare
- Reathel Bean
- Rikke Lylloff
- Sean-Michael Smith
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan
- Stellan Skarsgård
- Troels Asmussen
- Udo Kier
- Vincent Paterson
- Vladica Kostic
- Željko Ivanek