1964 in small town Washington state. Selma Jezková, a Czechoslovakian immigrant, and her preteen son Gene live in a rented trailer owned by and on the property of married Bill and Linda Houston, he the town sheriff. Beyond Bill and Linda, Selma has a small group of friends who look out for her, including her primary confidante, Kathy, with who she works, and Jeff who wants to be her boyfriend. Jeff regularly waits outside Selma's workplace long before the end of her shift to drive her home, despite she always refusing in not wanting to lead him on. Her primary job is working on the Anderson Tool factory assembly line, but she does whatever she can to earn money. What only Kathy knows among Selma's friends is that she is slowly going blind, her medical condition being genetic. Selma is barely able to see, just enough to do her job. Her primary reason for moving to the US and for working all the time is to earn enough money for an operation for Gene when he turns thirteen, he who doesn't know anything about his mother or his own degenerative eyesight. None of Selma's friends, not even Kathy, know about the money for Gene's operation. Beyond this sole goal of the operation, Selma allows only one indulgence in her life, anything having to do with musicals, which she loves, it an escape from the problems of her life. Kathy often takes her to the cinema to watch old musicals, Kathy who has to describe to Selma what is happening on the screen much to the other patrons' chagrin. Selma also has the lead of Maria in a community theater production of "The Sound of Music". Close to having enough money for the operation, Selma is in a race against time before she loses enough of her sight not to be able to work or participate in the musical production. What may also threaten Selma's goal of the operation for Gene is some financial problems facing Bill. He feels pressured to provide Linda with the comforts of life to which she is accustomed that he believes she requires in their marriage to be satisfied, and as such he is reluctant to tell Linda of those financial problems.
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Dancer in the Dark (2000) DD5.1 DVD9 Multisubs Retail
Denemarken / Duitsland / Nederland / Italië / Verenigde Staten / Verenigd Koninkrijk / Frankrijk / Zweden / Finland / IJsland / Noorwegen
Muziek / Drama
135 minuten
geregisseerd door Lars von Trier
met Björk, Catherine Deneuve en Peter Stormare
Het is 1964. De Oost-Europese Selma (Björk) emigreert met haar zoon Gene naar Amerika. Ze werkt dag en nacht in de fabriek voor het bestaan van haar zoon. Selma ziet slecht en heeft een erfelijke ziekte waarbij ze uiteindelijk blind zal worden. Gene heeft deze ziekte ook. Selma spaart haar geld om een toekomstige oogoperatie voor Gene te betalen. Desondanks heeft Selma genoeg levensenergie. Elke avond repeteert ze haar rol 'Maria' voor de musical 'Sound of Music' in een theater. Hoewel ze niet goed kan zien, gaat ze ook graag naar de film. Vriendin Kathy gaat dan vaak mee om Selma te vertellen wat er op het scherm te zien is. In de glamourwereld van films en theater kan Selma haar eigen leven even vergeten en voor een moment gelukkig zijn.
http://www.moviemeter.nl/film/1761
Denmark / Germany / Netherlands / Italy / United States / United Kingdom / France / Sweden / Finland / Iceland / Norway
Music / Drama
135 minutes
directed by Lars von Trier
with Björk, Catherine Deneuve and Peter Stormare
It's 1964. Eastern European Selma (Bjork) emigrates to America with her son Gene. She works day and night in the factory for the existence of her son. Selma looks bad and has a hereditary disease that eventually will be blind. Gene has this disease. Selma saves her money for a future eye surgery for Gene to pay. Nevertheless, Selma enough life energy. Every evening she rehearses her role in "Mary" for the musical "Sound of Music" in a theater. Although they can not see well, she also likes to film. Girlfriend Kathy then often goes to Selma to tell what's on the screen to see. In the glamorous world of film and theater to Selma's own life and forget for a moment happy.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373469
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Oc3Oe_LpQ
Spotinformatie
Bron : Retail
Formaat : dvd9
Audio : ENgels DD5.1 en Frans 2.0 DD
Subs : NL/Frans/Hebreeuws/Engels
Menu : Ja
Cover : Ja
