THE IDIOTS aka IDIOTERNE

Year: 1998
USA: USA Films
UK: Metro Tartan Pictures
Cast: Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Henrik Prip, Luis Mesonero, Louise Mieritz, Knud Romer Jorgensen, Trine Michelsen, Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis, Paprika Steen, Erik Wedersøe, Michael Moritzen, Anders Hove
Director: Lars von Trier
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish (English subtitles)
USA & UK: 117 mins
USA Rated: R for strong sexuality and nudity, and for language
UK Certificate: 18
USA Release Date: 28 April 2000 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 14 May 1999


Synopsis

THE IDIOTS is about a group of young people who share one interest: idiocy. With a large house as their base, they spend all their spare time together exploring the hidden and less appreciated values of idiocy. They practise! The project is a manifestation of an explosive appetite for life in which they confront society with their idiocy. Nothing can be compared to the mutual feeling of success, every time their personal limits are transcended in yet another scenario.