Golden Heart trilogy

Golden Heart trilogy
Directed byLars von Trier
Written byLars von Trier
Release dates
  • 18 May 1996 (1996-05-18)
  • (Breaking the Waves)
  • 20 May 1998 (1998-05-20)
  • (The Idiots)
  • 17 May 2000 (2000-05-17)
  • (Dancer in the Dark)
CountryDenmark
LanguagesEnglish, Danish

The Golden Heart trilogy (Danish: Guldhjerte-trilogien) consists of three films by the Danish screenwriter and director Lars von Trier: Breaking the Waves (1996), a melodrama about sex and religion; The Idiots (1998), a Dogme 95 film dealing with moral conventions; and Dancer in the Dark (2000), a musical starring the Icelandic singer Björk.

The standalone films feature female protagonists and were inspired by the children's book Guldhjertet (lit. 'The Golden Heart'), which is about a poor girl who ends up giving away all her food and all the clothes she wears in order to help others. Each film premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where Breaking the Waves won the Grand Prix and Dancer in the Dark won the Palme d'Or.

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