The Actress
1988
“Take a long ride on the short bus.”
The Idiots (1998)
April 28, 19981h 50mDA
6.5
646 votes
Overview
A group of people gather at a Copenhagen suburban home to break all the limitations and to bring out the 'inner idiot' in themselves.
Director
Lars von TrierWriters
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Stream
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Danish
Budget
$2.5M
Revenue
$7K
Production Companies
Zentropa EntertainmentsDR TVLa Sept CinémaLiberator ProductionsVPROArgus Film Produktie
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User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7.0I'm really not one for surreal cinema, so after the first ten minutes of this I was starting to dread it. Well, I didn't. It's really quite a fun observational drama that follows a disparate group of friends who live on the outskirts of Copenhagen in an house that their leader "Stoffer" (Jens Albinus) is supposed to be selling. They survive on a diet of eating, drinking, getting stoned and shagged but mostly by implementing scamming scenarios in which they all pretend - to varying degrees - to be, well, idiots! It proves quite a successful ploy for getting free meals, cash - they play well on…
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