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Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare
An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.
Id: 10898703
Bjork, an Icelander, plays a young Czech woman who has immigrated to the United States in hope of a better life for herself and her son.
A most unconventional film. One that draws from old styles yet remains avant garde. Sad and utterly mesmerizing.
All right, i guess i should write a proper review for this, and in the process maybe explain a bit why this was reason enough to avoid any movies by this director for life. Spoilers ahead, but trust me, you'll thank me later.
So, Bjorks character comes to "AMERICA" and gets a ...( read more)
"They say it's the last song. They don't know us, you see. It's only the last song if we let it be."
An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.REVIEW</ ...( read more)
I didn't know this was a musical before I watched it and so when the Dogma style of filming was interrupted suddenly with a song I was both shocked and exhilarated. Lars von Trier got kicked out of his own gang in true style with this one (Well, technically he did with Breaking t...( read more)
Directed by: Lars Von Trier.
Starring: Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare.
<< "You know, when I used to work in the factory, I used to dream that I was in a musical...because in a musical, nothing dreadful ever happens." >>
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The dogma style works really well for this movie in order to distinguish the bitter reality from the escape of fantasy which is the drive of this film. Truly captivating and moving and unique as the main character who Bjork plays so well doesn't stop seeing the beautiful things i...( read more)
Great visuals, greats soundtrack, awesome story, incredibly well acted. I LOVED this movie!
I found it difficult to get into. The musical scenes were very off putting. The ending was very difficult to watch, it was touching.
"Lars von Trier is a mechanic, not an artist. And his movies are meat grinders he feeds his characters through"
I kind of agree with this statement and overall the film's approach is too simplistic, naive & shallow that it even fails to work as a simple tear-jerker, Stormare & M...( read more)
