The Idiots

The Idiots (1998)

Idioterne

Take a long ride on the short bus.

A group of perfectly intelligent young people decide to react to society's cult of aimless, non-creative and non-responsible form intellect by living together in a community of 'idiots'. Their primary activity becomes going out into the world of 'normal' people and pretending to be mentally incompetent. They take advantage of this situation to create anarchy, and, by every possible means, to make those around them miserable.

Date of release
1998-05-20
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (674)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Lars von Trier

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

The Idiots is a 1998 black comedy drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It is his first film made in compliance with the Dogme 95 Manifesto, and is also known as Dogme #2. It is the second film in Trier's “Golden Heart” trilogy, preceded by Breaking the Waves (1996) and succeeded by Dancer in the Dark (2000). It is among the first films to be shot entirely with digital cameras.

Production

The Idiots is a co-production of companies from Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden. It was filmed during May and June 1997. The script was written over just four days, between 16-19 May. A Sony DCR-VX1000 was used for filming, operated by Trier himself.

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