They are portrayed as lovable, good people with small flaws which are easy to forgive. The film begins with a prologue in which a dozen or so of the fifteen citizens are introduced.

Prologue Which introduces us to the town and its residentsĭogville is a very small American town by an abandoned silver mine in the Rocky Mountains, with a road leading up to it and nowhere else to go but the mountains. The story of Dogville is told in nine chapters and a prologue, with a one-sentence description of each chapter given in the film, in the vein of such chapter headings in many 19th-century novels. It was later included in the 2016 poll of the greatest films since 2000 conducted by BBC. Some considered it to be pretentious or exasperating it was viewed by others as a masterpiece, and has widely grown in stature since its initial release. It was screened at various film festivals before receiving a limited release in the US on 26 March 2004.ĭogville opened to polarized reviews from critics. The film was in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival but Gus Van Sant's Elephant won the award. The film is the first in von Trier's incomplete USA – Land of Opportunities trilogy, which was followed by Manderlay (2005) and is projected to be completed with Wasington. It is a parable that uses an extremely minimal, stage-like set to tell the story of Grace Mulligan (Kidman), a woman hiding from mobsters, who arrives in the small mountain town of Dogville, Colorado, and is provided refuge in return for physical labor.

Dogville is a 2003 avant-garde drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier, and starring an ensemble cast led by Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Paul Bettany, Chloë Sevigny, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, Ben Gazzara, Harriet Andersson, and James Caan.

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