The Kingdom Exodus, the third instalment of Lars von Trier’s sepia-toned television series, is as misanthropic and hilarious, perhaps more so, than its predecessors. Von Trier satirizes everything from purported wokeness to Danish–Swedish relations, the more idiosyncratic Danish social customs, and most significantly, xenophobia. Like all of von Trier’s films, at the centre is his steadfast belief that human beings may like to talk about reason but, when you dig a little deeper, they are far from rational.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 2 hr. 5 min.
- Country, year
- Denmark, 2022
- Genre
- Drama, Comedy, Mystical
- Language
- Danish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N-16
Credits
- Director
- Lars von Trier
- Screenplay
- Lars von Trier, Niels Vørsel
- Producers
- Louise Vesth
- Cinematography
- Manuel Alberto Claro
- Music
- Joachim Holbek
- Cast
- Bodil Jørgensen, Mikael Persbrandt, Tuva Novotny, Lars Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Nicolas Bro, Alexander Skarsgård
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
Sponsors and partners
- Audience award partner
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Director
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier graduated from the National Film School of Denmark, 1983. In a few years von Trier became an internationally acclaimed auteur director of feature films. He is one of the founders of the Danish Dogme movement in the 1990s. Lars von Trier’s films have won prizes worldwide. "Scanorama" screened director’s films "Breaking the Waves", "Idiots", "Dogville", "The Five Obstructions", "Manderlay", "Antichrist", "Melancholia", „The House Tha
