A poetic gangster story and a thriller about the passage of time. Recorded between 1991 and 1997 but released in 2010; von Trier's long-running project was to premiere in 2024, but production was halted.
Direction
Von Trier's decades-spanning ambition captured in amber.
Cinematography
Aging actors, aging film stock, time made visible.
Director
Lars von Trier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Von Trier shot roughly one minute per year, planning a feature spanning three decades of real time.
The 2024 completion was scrapped after von Trier's Parkinson's diagnosis—making this 27 minutes his final word on an impossible dream.
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