Manderlay
2005
⏱️ 139 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 DA
Drama
In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heavy gates, she stays to liberate the people and see them through their first harvest. With four of her father's colleagues and a lawyer, she faces the daunting task of resurrecting the place known as Manderlay.
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Interesting social / psychological experiment following the trail of Dogville but not as round and imaginative as the previous one.
October 3, 2014
Crew
Director
Lars von Trier
Writer
Lars von Trier
Producer
Vibeke Windeløv, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Lene Børglum
Production
Zentropa Entertainments, Isabella Films B.V., Pain Unlimited Filmproduktion, Manderlay, Sigma Films, Memfis Film, Ognon Pictures, Film i Väst, DR, ARTE France Cinéma, SVT, WDR, ARTE, NPS, YLE
Keywords
southern usaslaveryplantationsequelcontractraceduringcreditsstingeremancipationemploymentracial equality