Manderlay
Manderlay is a 2005 internationally co-produced avant-garde drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier and the second part of von Trier's projected USA – Land of Opportunities trilogy. It stars Bryce Dallas Howard, who replaces Nicole Kidman in the role of Grace Mulligan. The film co-stars Willem Dafoe, replacing James Caan. Lauren Bacall, Željko Ivanek, Jeremy Davies, and Chloë Sevigny return portraying different characters from those in Dogville.
Plot
The film is told in eight straight chapters:
Cast
- Bryce Dallas Howard
- Charles Maquignon
- Chloë Sevigny
- Clive Rowe
- Danny Glover
- Doña Croll
- Ginny Holder
- Isaach de Bankolé
- Javone Prince
- Jean-Marc Barr
- Jeremy Davies
- John Hurt
- Joseph Mydell
- Lauren Bacall
- Michaël Abiteboul
- Mona Hammond
- Nina Sosanya
- Rik Launspach
- Ruben Brinkman
- Udo Kier
- Virgile Bramly
- Willem Dafoe
- Željko Ivanek
More details
| author | Lars von Trier |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Alabama United States of America |
| director | Lars von Trier |
| editor | Molly Marlene Stensgård |
| events | slavery in the United States |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | american civil war burn chameleon civil war dust storm emancipation proclamation end former slave freedom hard times id idealism idealistic nigger old lady racial equality sharecropper slave owner slavery steal |
| musicBy | Joachim Holbek |
| nomination | European Film Award for Best Cinematographer European Film Award for Best Composer European Film Award for Best Production Designer |
| producer | Vibeke Windeløv |
| publisher | Distributionsselskabet |
| theme | avant-garde and experimental race and ethnicity |