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Dancer In The Dark is a 2000 musical psychological tragedy film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It stars Icelandic musician Björk as a factory worker who suffers from a degenerative eye condition and is saving for an operation to prevent her young son from suffering the same fate.
Oct 6, 2000 · Dancer in the Dark: Directed by Lars von Trier. With Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare. An Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.
6.3K. 1.5M views 13 years ago. Yet another masterpiece from Lars von Trier that has won Cannes Palm d'Or. Selma has emigrated with her son from Central Europe to America. The year is 1964. Selma...
Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. 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 ...
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An Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision. In small-town Washington state in 1964, Czechoslovakian immigrant Selma Jezková and her preteen son Gene live in a rented trailer owned by Bill and Linda Houston; Bill is the town sheriff.
Movie. Audience Score. 79. R 2 hr 20 min Sep 22nd, 2000 Crime, Drama. Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who...
Sep 23, 2000 · Rural factory worker Selma (Björk) is a single mother losing her eyesight from a hereditary disease. To protect her 10-year-old son from the same fate, Selma saves money to get him an operation.
Oct 20, 2000 · "Dancer in the Dark" is a brave throwback to the fundamentals of the cinema--to heroines and villains, noble sacrifices and dastardly betrayals. The relatively crude visual look underlines the movie's abandonment of slick modernism. "Dancer in the Dark" is not like any other movie at the multiplex this week, or this year.
Oct 6, 2000 · Overview. Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation.
Sep 22, 2000 · Dancer in the Dark - Metacritic. Summary Bjork stars as Selma, a Czech immigrant and single mother working in a factory in rural America. She is losing her eyesight and her 10 year-old son stands to suffer the same fate if she can't put away enough money to secure him an operation. (FilmFour)
