Saturday, January 8, 2011

Manderlay

Manderlay

Actors: Willem Dafoe , Danny Glover , Jeremy Davies , Lauren Bacall , Isaach De Bankole , Bryce Dallas Howard , Jean-Marc Barr , Mona Hammond , Doña Croll , Ginny Holder , Michaël Abiteboul , Llewella Gideon , Geoffrey Bateman , Ruben Brinkman , Virgile Bramly
Director: Lars von Trier
IMDB Rate: 7.5 out of 10 (8437 votes)
Plot Summary:In 1933, after leaving Dogville, while traveling with her father and his gangsters to the south of USA, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave ready to be punished in a property called Manderlay. The slavery had been abolished seventy years ago, and Grace becomes revolted with the attitude of the owners of Manderlay, keeping slaves in their cotton fields and following predetermined despicable rules called Mams Law. Grace decides to stay with some gangsters in Manderlay and give notions of democracy to the slaves and to the white family. When harvest time comes, Grace sees the social and economical reality of Manderlay.

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