Manderlay

– In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton far..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.40 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 19 Minutes
Release Year:
2005
Manderlay (2005)

In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially slavery is illegal and Grace stands up against the owners of the farm. She stays with some gangsters in Manderlay and tries to influence the situation. But when harvest time comes Grace sees the social and economic reality of Manderlay.

Manderlay (2005) - Trailer

Release Date:

03 Jun 2005

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Lars von Trier

Writer:

Lars von Trier

Main Actors:

Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach De Bankolé, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe

Plot:

After gangster Mulligan's cars colony, fleeing northern justice, finds a hiding place in Alabama, spoiled, naive daughter Grace refuses to travel on after seeing the Manderlay cotton plantation being run under slavery rules, called Mam's law, inclusive flogging. She keeps half of dad's goons as guard to force the dying matriarch-owner's heirs, which she shamelessly dispossesses and reduces to 'staff', to taste destitution under absurd, gun-imposed contracts. The 'slaves' are made free partners, supposed to vote for progress after lessons from Grace. But almost all her democracy-pupils prove fickle, dumb and selfish, except old Willem. Her and their ignorance in Southern planting and crafty Dixie ways means more problems are created then solved. By the time dad returns to pick her up or abandon her for good, she's the one who has learned and changed the most.

Awards:

1 win & 15 nominations.

Production:

IFC Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
Metacritic:
46%