The Idiots

About The Idiots

A group of perfectly intelligent young people decide to react to society's cult of aimless, non-creative and non-responsible form intellect by living together in a community of 'idiots'. Their primary activity becomes going out into the world of 'normal' people and pretending to be mentally incompetent.

Lars von Trier's The Idiots is a 1998 comedy film. Bodil Jørgensen appears as Karen, Jens Albinus as Stoffer, Anne Louise Hassing as Susanne, and Troels Lyby as Henrik.

At 110 minutes long, it arrived in May 1998. Written by Lars von Trier.

Shelv files it under witty, psychology, burlesque, and freedom. In the United States it streams on MUBI. It scores 6.5 out of 10 from 674 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

What We Do in the Shadows, The Atticus Institute, and Antonia's Line make useful companions to The Idiots, all filed under commune and found footage.