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Plot structure. 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. These descriptions are given below.
Dogville: Directed by Lars von Trier. With Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Marc Barr. A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.
- (160K)
- Crime, Drama
- Lars von Trier
- 2004-04-23
Lars von Trier exhibits the imagination of an artist and the pedantry of a crank in “Dogville,” a film that works as a demonstration of how a good idea can go wrong. There is potential in the concept of the film, but the execution had me tapping my wristwatch to see if it had stopped.
A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace (Nicole Kidman) hides from the criminals who pursue her.
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- Lars Von Trier
- R
- Nicole Kidman
Late one night, a beautiful and well-dressed young woman, Grace (Nicole Kidman), arrives in the mountainous old mining town of Dogville as a fugitive; following the sound of gunshots in the distance which have been heard by Tom (Paul Bettany), the self-appointed moral spokesman for the town.
Sep 2, 2009 · The film centers on Grace Mulligan (Kidman). A woman on the run from mobsters, she arrives at the town of Dogville unannounced. Tom Edison (Paul Bettany), an aspiring writer and town observer, helps Grace hide by providing her shelter and food.
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Dogville screens tonight, May 31, and throughout the week at the Roxy in a new digital restoration. Set in the midst of the Depression, Dogville (2003) is an engrossing account of the machinations of human behavior in a town “rotten from the inside out.”.
