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Dancer in the Dark (2000)

7.6 Listal rating
7.8 IMDB rating

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Selma (Björk) is a Czechoslovakian immigrant, a single mother working in a factory in rural America. Her salvation is her passion for music, specifically, the all-singing, all-dancing numbers found in classic Hollywood musicals. Selma harbors a sad secret: she is losing her eyesight and her son Gene stands to suffer the same fate if she can't put ... (more)


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Björk

Björk

Selma Jezkova
David Morse

David Morse

Bill Houston
Joel Grey

Joel Grey

Oldrich Novy
Cara Seymour

Cara Seymour

Linda Houston
Vladica Kostic

Vladica Kostic

Gene Jezkova


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It will change your life...Heart crushingly real.

Posted : 5 months, 1 week ago at Jan 24 18:16
''I listen to my heart.'' An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film. Björk: Selma Jezkova I don't even know where to start or where to begin with Dancer in the Dark. If movies, stories or songs are meant to depict the struggle and coldness of life, yet provide a backbone and glimmer of love, hope and sacrifice, then Dancer in the Dark succeeds. This is one of the hardest films to watch and one of the most soul inducingly real experiences, of hopelessness and of pain. This really isn't something to watch alone or if you're in the wrong mind set, this is powerful material of inconsequential proportions. Cleverly, Dancer in the Dark combines hopeful musical segments with the cold, harsh reality of its real dramatic happen...Read more

Rating : 9/10