The Idiots
Society is the mother of all Idiots.
With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform. With a mix of home-video and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Studio: Zentropa Entertainments, DR TV, La Sept Cinéma, Liberator Productions, VPRO, Argus Film Produktie, ZDF/Arte
- Keyword: mentally disabled, staging, normality, freedom, lifestyle, commune, test of courage, idiot, publicity, social control, mockery, simulation, bodily disabled person, psychology, coercion, found footage, dogme 95, semi-erect penis, erect penis
- Cast: Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Louise Mieritz