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USA in the 1970s. We follow the highly intelligent Jack over a span of 12 years and are introduced to the murders that define Jack's development as a serial killer. We experience the story from Jack's point of view, while he postulates each murder is an artwork in itself. As the inevitable police intervention is drawing nearer, he is taking greater and greater risks in his attempt to create the ultimate artwork. The House That Jack Built is a dark and sinister story, yet presented through a philosophical and occasional humorous tale.
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Cast:
Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman -
Original Title:
The House that Jack Built -
Country:
Sweden, Germany, Denmark, France -
Year:
2018 - 155' Subtitles: Portuguese
Director
Lars von Trier
Lars Von Trier, born in 1953, is likely the most ambitious and visually distinctive Danish director. He attracted international attention with his first feature, The Element of Crime (1984), and was one of the developers of the movement Dogma’95, which approaches cinema in a simple, naturalistic manner. His film Dancer in the Dark (2000) was one of the first ones to ever be fully digitally captured, and earned him a Palme d’Or at Cannes. Von Trier is equally well-known for films such as Melancholia (2011), Nymphomaniac – Vol. I, Vol. II (2013) and, more recently, The House that Jack Built (2018), all films he not only directed, but also wrote.
