Manderlay Page #4

Synopsis: After gangster Mulligan's cars colony, fleeing northern justice, finds a hiding place in Alabama, spoiled, naive daughter Grace refuses to travel on after seeing the Manderlay cotton plantation being run under slavery rules, called Mam's law, inclusive flogging. She keeps half of dad's goons as guard to force the dying matriarch-owner's heirs, which she shamelessly dispossesses and reduces to 'staff', to taste destitution under absurd, gun-imposed contracts. The 'slaves' are made free partners, supposed to vote for progress after lessons from Grace. But almost all her democracy-pupils prove fickle, dumb and selfish, except old Willem. Her and their ignorance in Southern planting and crafty Dixie ways means more problems are created then solved. By the time dad returns to pick her up or abandon her for good, she's the one who has learned and changed the most.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Lars von Trier
Production: IFC Films
  1 win & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
NOT RATED
Year:
2005
139 min
Website
460 Views


she held in her hand,

but she feared that, unfortunately,

any judge in the county

would deem it fair and proper.

It appeared to Grace

that instead of employee,

they might just as well

have retained the old term of slave.

A body would only sign it

if he or she was utterly ignorant

of life in liberal society,

or if he or she

really had no choice.

Folks, I suppose that

you're in urgent need of cash.

- Mark?

- Cash?

I once knew this fella

from a little township

nobody know the name of,

so there ain't no grounds to mention

what it was called.

He had cash.

Not piles of it.

We are prepared

to lend you some money

as covered by this

other piece of paper,

and we can also set up

a little store here, if you like.

After all, it's a long way to town.

And if you buy enough

for all of us,

I bet you're liable to get

a real nice bulk discount,

and the goods'll be cheaper

than in town.

Ain't that right, Miss Grace?

I have no idea.

Please sign, everybody.

What this be?

What it is?

All right.

Let's go.

Turn it off.

Damn it.

Daddy, you said that I

didn't have the power to help Tweety.

You were right.

I was a child then.

So what is it this time?

This time,

I have the power to act.

You said so back in Dogville,

that your power

would be mine, too,

and that I could use it

in my own way.

That power was to carry on

the family farm.

That I was open to new ideas.

The power you ask for now

will undoubtedly

be applied to something

that's foolish at best...

Daddy, you promised.

Oh.

You were a bastard to Mother,

but when you promised

her something, she got it.

Okay.

You've been given

what I promised you.

Maybe things haven't been

split right down the middle,

but this is as far

as I'm prepared to go.

I want nothing

to do with your plans.

And you won't be able

to get in touch with me

if anything goes wrong

and you need me, as usual,

to get you out of trouble,

because fortunately, my dear,

you'll have no idea

where I am.

- Daddy, I'd like to take Joseph as well.

- No.

I need a lawyer to sort out

some paperwork.

No. No! Never!

Never!

I'd never let Joseph go.

He's the only man I know

who can draw up a contract

so there's only one

possible interpretation,

and though I haven't needed

that talent as of yet,

I still might need it one day.

I'll give you Viggo

and Bruno for him.

Never.

I've given you my best associates,

and you know it!

Daddy, I was meant

to have been given half.

If Mother had been alive...

Oh, damn it, Grace!

So that very day,

and into the early hours,

Joseph employed

the celebrated unambiguous phrases

his previous employer had given him

so wretchedly little opportunity

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Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier (born Lars Trier; 30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter with a prolific and controversial career spanning almost four decades. His work is known for its genre and technical innovation; confrontational examination of existential, social, and political issues; and his treatment of subjects such as mercy, sacrifice, and mental health.Among his more than 100 awards and 200 nominations at film festivals worldwide, von Trier has received: the Palme d'Or (for Dancer in the Dark), the Grand Prix (for Breaking the Waves), the Prix du Jury (for Europa), and the Technical Grand Prize (for The Element of Crime and Europa) at the Cannes Film Festival. In March 2017, he began filming The House That Jack Built, an English-language serial killer thriller.Von Trier is the founder and shareholder of the international film production company Zentropa Films, which has sold more than 350 million tickets and garnered seven Academy Award nominations over the past 25 years. more…

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