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Lars von Trier

Director b. 1956

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About Lars von Trier

Danish film director and screenwriter (born 1956)

Ideas represented

Aesthetics Art Emotion Identity Psychology Risk Suffering

In their words

“I like the notion of suffering and of guilt driving melancholy.”

“When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.”