Dogville

2003 178 min ★ 7.8 Crime, Drama, Thriller

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 learns that their support has a price.

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Cast

Nicole Kidman

Grace Margaret Mulligan

Paul Bettany

Tom Edison

John Hurt

Narrator (voice)

Stellan Skarsgård

Chuck

Philip Baker Hall

Tom Edison Sr.

Patricia Clarkson

Vera

Ben Gazzara

Jack McKay

Chloë Sevigny

Liz Henson

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Martha

James Caan

The Big Man

Details

Director

Lars von Trier

Tagline

"A quiet little town not far from here."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$16,690,617

Production

Zentropa Entertainments, Isabella Films B.V., Something Else B.V., Memfis Film, Trollhättan Film, Pain Unlimited Filmproduktion, Sigma Films, Zoma Films, Slot Machine, Liberator Productions, Film i Väst, ARTE France Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, DR, SVT, NPS, YLE, Norsk TV2 AS, Edith Film, Spillefilmselskapet 4 1/2, Fjeldabe Films AS, Invicta Capital, TV 1000 Sverige, WDR, ARTE

Reviews

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John Chard

April 5, 2020

★ 9/10

Rapists and murders may be the victims according to you, but I, I call them dogs. And if they're lapping up their own vomit, the only way to stop them is with a lash. A sparse 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. The town locals at first decide to shield Grace,...

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CinemaSerf

August 25, 2023

★ 7/10

I reckon this is my favourite Lars Von Trier film. Set amidst some eerily basic staging purporting to be an hick American town, we see the arrival of "Grace" (Nicole Kidman). Now she is attired in furs and lace and is clearly on the run from something, or someone. Shortly after, some hoods turn up in the town and leave a card in case she ever shows up... The townsfolk are ostensibly nice enough - ...

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badelf

November 19, 2023

★ 10/10

SPOILERS On my second watch of this film, I am now convinced that Von Trier is the Ingmar Bergman of the 20th century. No other director today digs so profoundly into the human soul, or in such a creative way. And no other director has been so daring with visual translation. On this watching of Dogville, it finally hit me that this story is the life story of a woman in an abusive relationshi...