Manderlay Movie Review 2005

Yet another tiresome screed from Danish director Von Trier, following 2003's "Dogville." In 1933, Grace (now played by Howard instead of Nicole Kidman) comes across the titular Alabama plantation where slavery still exists. Grace self-righteously decides to meddle, against her gangster father's (Dafoe) warnings, and finds out that, despite appearances, everyone else is okay with the status quo and it's Grace who must change. Deliberately artificial and of interest only to the director's devotees.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on DVD
Running time 139 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Slavery, American South, Organized Crime, Period Piece: 1930s, Widows & Widowers, Interracial Affairs, Politics, African America

Screenplay

Lars von Trier

Cast

Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach de Bankole, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Marc Barr, Geoffrey Bateman, Jeremy Davies, Michael Abiteboul, Virgile Bramly, Ruben Brinkman, Dona Croll, John Hurt, Zeljko Ivanek, Udo Kier, Rik Launspach, Llewella Gideon, Mona Hammond, Ginny Holder, Emmanuel Idowu, Teddy Kempner, Suzette Llewellyn, Chloe Sevigny, Charles Maquignon, Joseph Mydell, Javone Pierce, Clive Rowe, Nina Sosanya

Cinematography

Anthony Dod Mantle

Director

Lars von Trier

Other

A.D. Stoop, Marten Negenman, Molly Marlene Stensgard, Peter Grant, Manon Rasmussen

Producer

Vibeke Windelov, Zentropa Entertainment, Isabella Films International, Memfis Film Intl., Ognon Pictures, Manderlay Ltd.