Manderlay
2005
***½
Director: Lars Von Trier
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach De Bankole, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe
In the second part of Von Trier's trilogy on America, Grace (now played by Bryce Dallas Howard) stumbles on a farm which enforces slavery 70 years after the system was abolished. Like George W. Bush in Iraq, Grace is determined to liberate the slaves, whether they want it or not. Von Trier uses the same type of minimalist theatre sets as in Dogville, but he can't reproduce its shock effect, although in many ways this is a superior, more streamlined film.
