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The Idiots (1998)

R 04/28/1998 Comedy, Drama 1h 54m
65%
User
Score
6.7/10
72%
48/100

Society is the mother of all Idiots.

Overview

A mix of home-video and documentary styles about a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.

Lars von Trier

Director

Top Billed Cast

Bodil Jørgensen

Bodil Jørgensen

Karen

Jens Albinus

Jens Albinus

Stoffer

Anne Louise Hassing

Anne Louise Hassing

Susanne

Troels Lyby

Troels Lyby

Henrik

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Jeppe

Louise Mieritz

Louise Mieritz

Josephine

Henrik Prip

Henrik Prip

Ped

Luis Mesonero

Luis Mesonero

Miguel

Trine Michelsen

Trine Michelsen

Nana

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Media

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

the idiots trailer (with english subtitles)

the idiots trailer (with english subtitles)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on August 25, 2023

I'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 the embarrassment their behaviour can be for the "ordinary" folk who really just want them to go away! These are partially cynical activities, but they also serve to illustrate just how mundane day-to...

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