A
group of perfectly intelligent young people decide to react to
society's cult of an aimless, non-creative and non-responsible form of
intelligence by living together in a community of "idiots". Their main
activity becomes going out into the world of "normal" people and
pretending to be mentally retarded. They take advantage of this
situation to create anarchy everywhere they go and try by every possible
means to make people annoyed, disturbed, miserable, ridiculous,
angered, and shocked. The films start as they recruit a new lost soul
and introduced her to their megalomaniac leader.
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Lars von Trier wrote (in four days) and
directed this Danish comedy-drama about a group of Copenhagen eccentrics
who find a therapeutic release and confront apathy via unacceptable,
idiotic behavior which they call "spazzing." Stoffer (Jens Albinus) is
supposed to be selling his uncle's house but instead it becomes the
focal point for geeky group activities. Restaurant patrons are disturbed
by the group's mischief, but single diner Karen (Bodil Jorgensen)
develops an appreciation of their antics.
Stoffer, at his birthday party, wishes for a "gangbang," and both
clothes and inhibitions are soon discarded. But when Stoffer calls for
the group members to let idiocy invade their personal daily lives, only
Karen takes up the challenge. Shown in competition at the 1998 Cannes
Film Festival.
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