Probably the most ambitious and visually distinctive filmmaker to emerge from Denmark since Carl Theodor Dreyer over 60 years earlier, Lars von Trier studied film at at the Danish Film School and attracted international attention with his very first feature, "Forbrydelsens element (1984)". A highly distinctive blend of film noir and German Expressionism with stylistic nods to Dreyer, Andrei Tarkov ... show all
Probably the most ambitious and visually distinctive filmmaker to emerge from Denmark since Carl Theodor Dreyer over 60 years earlier, Lars von Trier studied film at at the Danish Film School and attracted international attention with his very first feature, "Forbrydelsens element (1984)". A highly distinctive blend of film noir and German Expressionism with stylistic nods to Dreyer, Andrei Tarkovsky and Orson Welles, its combination of yellow-tinted monochrome cinematography (pierced by shafts of blue light) and doom-haunted atmosphere made it an unforgettable visual experience. His subsequent features "Epidemic (1987)" and "Europa (1991)" have been equally ambitious both thematically and visually, though his international fame is most likely to be based on "Riget" (1994) (mini)", a TV soap opera blending hospital drama, ghost story and "Twin Peaks" (1990)"-style surrealism that was so successful in Denmark that it was released internationally as a 280-minute theatrical feature. hide
Genres:Crime | Drama | Thriller Countries:Denmark Directors:Lars von Trier Actors:Michael Elphick | Esmond Knight | Me Me Lai | Jerold Wells | Ahmed El Shenawi | Astrid Henning-Jensen | János Herskó | Stig Larsson | Harry Harper | Roman Moszkowicz | Frederik Casby | Duke Addabayo | Jon Bang Carlsen | Leif Magnusson
A European police detective living in Cairo undergoes hypnosis therapy to deal with headaches caused by his last case. He recounts spending two months in a dystopian Europe investigating the serial killings of young girls who sell lottery tickets. While the current police force there employ clumsy methods, he continues to use the controversial theoretical methods of his now disgraced former mentor. He becomes obsessed with a suspect from previous similar killings, and using an old surveillance report retraces the steps of that suspect. As the journey progresses, the differences between the cop and the serial killer become blurred. Download:DivXiPod
Genres:Drama | Horror Countries:Denmark | France | Germany | Italy | Poland | Sweden Directors:Lars von Trier Actors:Willem Dafoe | Charlotte Gainsbourg
A couple lose their young son when he falls out the window while they have sex in the other room. The mother's grief consigns her to hospital, but her therapist husband brings her home intent on treating her depression himself. To confront her fears they go to stay at their remote cabin in the woods, "Eden", where something untold happened the previous summer. Told in four chapters with a prologue and epilogue, the film details acts of lustful cruelty as the man and woman unfold the darker side of nature outside and within. Download:DivXiPod
Genres: Drama | War
