

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.
Direction
Von Trier's minimalist F-you to cinematic convention.
Acting
Kidman suffers magnificently; Bettany's descent is chilling.
Writing
Chapter titles that mock you for continuing.

Director
Lars von Trier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely on a bare soundstage with chalk outlines and no buildings—von Trier was literally banned from making films in certain countries after previous controversial statements.
The 'USA trilogy' critique landed differently post-9/11; many read it as European condescension until the Iraq War made its moral bankruptcy thesis uncomfortably prescient.
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