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Dancer in the Dark

Turkish title: Karanlıkta dans

“In a world of shadows, she found the light of life.”

2000 · 2 h 15 min
Directed by Lars von Trier
CrimeDramaMusical

Cast

Björk Catherine Deneuve David Morse

Credits

Written by: Lars von Trier

Plot

A nearly blind immigrant factory worker hides her condition to save money for her son's operation and escapes into musical fantasies. It won the Palme d'Or.

Sinekatalog’s take

Lars von Trier's melodrama has Björk as a near-blind factory worker who dreams in musical numbers. Raw and cruel, it is very divisive, but Björk's performance and music are extraordinary.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (125,471 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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