Side Programme

Event 

Title:
Dancer in the Dark: Film screening and a discussion with Sjón
When:
05.03.2016 20.00
Where:
Slovene Cinematheque - Ljubljana
Category:
Side Programme

Description

Saturday, March 5: Dancer in the Dark: Film screening and a discussion with Sjón, the author of the lyrics of the soundtrack

Slovenian Cinematheque, at 20:00
Dancer in the Dark, Lars von Trier, 2000
The screening will be introduced by a brief discussion with film music author, Icelandic poet, novelist, screenwriter and librettist Sjón, who will talk to film critic and journalist Gorazd Trušnovec.

Lars von Trier’s film, a noir musical created in 2000 and honoured with a Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, follows Selma Ježkova (Björk), a Czech woman who had emigrated to America for her son to get surgery for an eye disease, that Selma herself shares, to stop it from progressing and eventually blinding him. She gives up her own happiness for her son’s sake, working days and nights at the factory to make enough money for the surgery. She only finds solace in musicals, which she regularly sees together with her friend Kathy. Selma and her son live in a rental trailer parked on land owned by policeman Bill and his wife. Tragedy strikes as Selma reveals her plans to Bill.

Venue

Venue:
Slovene Cinematheque