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The Idiots (1998)

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Society is the mother of all Idiots.

A mix of home-video and documentary styles about a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Lars von Trier
  • Profile picture of Bodil Jørgensen
    Karen Bodil Jørgensen
  • Profile picture of Jens Albinus
    Stoffer Jens Albinus
  • Profile picture of Anne Louise Hassing
    Susanne Anne Louise Hassing
  • Profile picture of Troels Lyby
    Henrik Troels Lyby
  • Profile picture of Nikolaj Lie Kaas
    Jeppe Nikolaj Lie Kaas
  • Profile picture of Louise Mieritz
    Josephine Louise Mieritz
  • Profile picture of Henrik Prip
    Ped Henrik Prip
  • Profile picture of Trine Michelsen
    Nana Trine Michelsen

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Keywords

  • mentally disabled
  • staging
  • normality
  • freedom
  • lifestyle
  • commune
  • test of courage
  • idiot
  • publicity
  • social control
  • mockery
  • simulation
  • bodily disabled person
  • psychology
  • coercion
  • found footage
  • burlesque
  • ironic
  • dogme 95
  • witty
  • semi-erect penis
  • erect penis