The Idiots (1998)
Directed by Lars von Trier
“Take a long ride on the short bus.”
Comedy, Drama · 1h 50m
A group of perfectly intelligent young people decide to react to society's cult of aimless, non-creative and non-responsible form intellect by living together in a community of 'idiots'. Their primary activity becomes going out into the world of 'normal' people and pretending to be mentally incompetent. They take advantage of this situation to create anarchy, and, by every possible means, to make those around them miserable.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Lars von Trier
- Screenplay
- Lars von Trier
- Director of Photography
- Lars von Trier
- Editor
- Molly Malene Stensgaard
- Producer
- Vibeke Windeløv, Svend Abrahamsen, Dag Alveberg
Details
- Original title
- Idioterne
- Release date
- 1998-05-20
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- DA
- Spoken languages
- Danish
- Countries
- Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Sweden
- Production
- Zentropa Entertainments, DR TV, La Sept Cinéma, Liberator Productions, VPRO, Argus Film Produktie, ZDF/Arte
- Budget
- $2,500,000
- Box office
- $7,200
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Paprika Steen
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