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Manderlay - Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach De Bankolé, Willem Dafoe, Lars von Trier

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Movie propaganda

The second in his trilogy, Manderlay is shot in the same distinctive style as Dogville. Painted lines replace conventional sets; chapter titles provide even more irony and distanciation. But whereas Dogville took xenophobia as its subject, Manderlay offers a withering and disturbing look at race relations, liberalism and nation building (specifically the type of venture currently underway in Iraq), and may prove even more controversial and shocking than its notorious predecessor.

Set in 1933, Manderlay continues the story immediately after Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) and her father (Willem Dafoe) leave Dogville. Wandering through Alabama, they discover a gated community where the mostly black inhabitants still live under the tenets of slavery. Grace cannot help but intercede when she witnesses a slave (Isaach de Bankolé) being brutally whipped by a white master. The fearsome plantation owner and matriarch, Mam (Lauren Bacall), dies soon after. Grace presumes her death to be a blessing, but it terrifies the downtrodden inhabitants who've never known life without her or "Mam's Law", the plantation's social bible.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

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Persons of interest

Bryce Dallas Howard .... Grace Margaret Mulligan
Isaach De Bankolé .... Timothy
Willem Dafoe .... Grace's Father
Danny Glover .... Wilhelm
Michaël Abiteboul .... Thomas
Lauren Bacall .... Mam
Jean-Marc Barr .... Mr Robinsson
Virgile Bramly .... Edward
Ruben Brinkmann .... Bingo
Doña Croll .... Venus
Jeremy Davies .... Niels
Llewella Gideon .... Victoria
Mona Hammond .... Old Wilma
Ginny Holder .... Elisabeth
John Hurt .... Narrator
Emmanuel Idowu .... Jim
Zeljko Ivanek .... Dr Hector
Lars von Trier .... Screenwriter
Lars von Trier .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Manderlay official movie site
Manderlay film production notes (.rtf)
Manderlay QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Bangkok International Film Festival 2006: Windows on the world
Cannes Film Festival 2005: Nominated: Golden Palm (Lars von Trier)
European Film Awards 2005: Nominated: European Cinematographer (Anthony Dod Mantle), European Composer (Joachim Holbek), European Production Designer (Peter Grant)
London Film Festival 2005: Film on the Square