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  • Dancer in the Dark
  • Opened September 22, 2000 | Runtime:2 hr. 20 min.
  • R
    Some Violence
  • Selma is a Czech immigrant, a single mother working in a factory in rural America. Her salvation is passion for music, specifically, the all-singing, all-dancing numbers found in classic Hollywood musicals. Selma harbors a sad secret: she is losing Read More
  • Cast: Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey
  • Director: Lars von Trier
  • Genres: Melodrama, Musical Drama, Drama, Musical

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  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle | Edward Guthmann

    A thrilling, audacious work.

  • 90
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    For all its fancy pedigree, the spellbinding Dancer in the Dark aims right for...

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    It is a bold, reckless gesture.

  • 80
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    You may leave this movie exhilarated by its no-holds-barred boldness or annoyed...

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