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Manderlay
DENMARK · 2005

Manderlay

Lars von Trier
slavery colonialism liberation paternalism moral responsibility
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Synopsis

In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heavy gates, she stays to liberate the people and see them through their first harvest. With four of her father's colleagues and a lawyer, she faces the daunting task of resurrecting the place known as Manderlay.

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