The Idiots (2000)

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Rating: R
Release Date: Jun 23, 2000
Running Time: 115 mins. (V)
Additional Notes: dialogue Danish
Country Of Origin: Denmark
Country Of Origin: France
Country Of Origin: Italy
Country Of Origin: Netherlands
Country Of Origin: Germany
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Karen, a grieving young woman finds compassion in Stoffer, the leader of a group of young people who attack middle-class sensibilities by pretending to be mentally disabled.
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Intellectuals get their jollies by playing retarded in this

anything-but-idiotic Danish import.

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Sad, sensitive Karen (Bodil Jorgensen) helps diffuse an uncomfortable

scene when two men who appear to be simple-minded cause a commotion at a

posh restaurant. But it turns out these "idiots" are part of a commune,

led by chief agitator Stoffer (Jens Albinus), devoted to challenging

social conventions by pretending to be imbeciles. As Karen gets pulled

into the cultlike group, finding unexpected… Continued