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Manderlay

Manderlay

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 3, 2005

Runtime

2h 19m

Genres

Drama

User Score

69%

Original Title

Manderlay

Production Companies

Zentropa Entertainments, Isabella Films B.V., Pain Unlimited Filmproduktion, Manderlay, Sigma Films, Memfis Film, Ognon Pictures, Film i Väst, DR, ARTE France Cinéma, SVT, WDR, ARTE, NPS, YLE

Director

Lars von Trier

Budget

$14,200,000

Revenue

$674,918

Description

In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially, slavery is illegal and Grace stands up against the farmers. She stays with some gangsters in Manderlay and tries to influence the situation. But when harvest time comes, Grace sees the social and economic reality of Manderlay.