Top billed cast

1. 

   Nicole Kidman

   Grace Margaret Mulligan

2. 

   Paul Bettany

   Tom Edison

3. 

   John Hurt

   Narrator (voice)

4. 

   Stellan Skarsgård

   Chuck

5. 

   Philip Baker Hall

   Tom Edison Sr.

6. 

   Patricia Clarkson

   Vera

7. 

   Ben Gazzara

   Jack McKay

8. 

   Chloë Sevigny

   Liz Henson

9. 

   Siobhan Fallon Hogan

   Martha

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-08-25

I reckon this is my favourite Lars Von Trier film. Set amidst some eerily basic staging purporting to be an hick American town, we see the arrival of "Grace" (Nicole Kidman). Now she is attired in furs and lace and is clearly on the run from something, or someone. Shortly after, some hoods turn up in the town and leave a card in case she ever shows up... The townsfolk are ostensibly nice enough - if rather an eclectic mix, and local "Tom" (Paul Bettany) takes a bit of a shine to her. Can she stay? Initially they can find nothing for her to do, but gradually they seem to embrace her and she bec...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$10,000,000.00

Revenue
$16,690,617.00

Keywords

• friendship
• bondage
• rape
• police
• gangster
• village life
• refugee
• blackmail
• mountain
• american dream
• bank robber
• last judgment
• mountain village
• exploitation
• rocky mountains
• woman martyr
• physical work
• wanted poster
• forced labour
• slavery
• recession
• art house
• hoodlum
• experimental film
• avant garde
• avant garde film
• art house film