The read
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do. Number 2 of 2 in its series by score.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Metacritic46/100
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
417 audience votes
Key crew
- Lars von TrierDirector
- Lars von TrierWriter
- Joachim HolbekOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bryce Dallas HowardGrace Margaret Mulligan
- Isaach de BankoléTimothy
- Danny GloverWilhelm
- Willem DafoeGrace's Father
- Michaël AbiteboulThomas
- Lauren BacallMam
- Jean-Marc BarrMr. Robinsson
- Geoffrey BatemanBertie
- Virgile BramlyEdward
- Ruben BrinkmanBingo
- Doña CrollVenus
- Jeremy DaviesNiels
Stills
Themes
southern usaslaveryplantationsequelcontractraceduringcreditsstingeremancipationemploymentracial equality
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