The Idiots
1998 film by Lars von Trier / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Danish film. For other uses, see Idiot (disambiguation) and The Idiot (disambiguation).
For the short story by Joseph Conrad, see The Idiots (short story).
The Idiots (Danish: Idioterne) is a 1998 Danish black comedy-drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It is his first film made in compliance with the Dogme 95 Manifesto,[3] and is also known as Dogme #2. It is the second film in von Trier's Golden Heart Trilogy, preceded by Breaking the Waves (1996) and succeeded by Dancer in the Dark (2000). It is among the first films to be shot entirely with digital cameras.
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Directed by | Lars von Trier (uncredited; under Dogme rules) |
Written by | Lars von Trier |
Produced by | Vibeke Windeløv |
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Cinematography | Lars von Trier |
Edited by | Molly Malene Stensgaard |
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Distributed by | October Films |
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Running time | 114 minutes[1] |
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Language | Danish |
Budget | USD$2.5 million |
Box office | $7,235[2] |
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It was screened at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Palme d’Or, despite being met with widespread criticism upon release.[4]