Dancer in the Dark

Dancer in the Dark2000

R Film · Drama, Crime · 140 min · Sep 1, 2000 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress2000 +17 Awards: wins 13, nominations 5
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In a world of shadows, she found the light of life.

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. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.

Lars von Trier
Director, Writer

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Lawrence Toppman · Charlotte Observer 88.00/100.00

Can be unbearably moving or annoyingly mawkish, sometimes in the same scene.

Clementine 5.00/5.00

手持镜头，从开始就使人不安；茶色的滤镜，让整个故事都蒙上了尘土。时不时穿插的歌舞场景，梦幻中隐藏着阴冷，灰暗中又蕴含着自由和生命力。一开始以为电影讲的是一个纯粹和善良的人如何在艰难的现实生活中找寻希望，但看到最后才发觉或许这只是最为片面和浅显的解读。或许它更多讲的是“选择”——选择让可能会失明的儿子出生因为想要将一个婴儿拥在怀中；选择在倒数第二首歌时离开剧院以便让自己感觉电影从未结束；选择在困苦中用音乐剧的幻想进行自我救赎；选择抢回救治儿子的钱故而杀死偷钱的男人；选择将这笔钱用于救治儿子故而放弃了案件重审、自己减刑的机会——于是也便理解了电影最后一句话：它是最后一首歌，只因为我们让它成为最后一首歌，这一切的结果，都源于我们的选择。进而，一种英雄主义也便在这主动选择的最后一首歌中油然而生。

Desson Thomson · Washington Post 80.00/100.00

You may leave this movie exhilarated by its no-holds-barred boldness or annoyed and bewildered at the unpredictable course it takes.

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