I have to be honest from the beginning: I'm not a Bjork fan. I don't like her voice at all. I do admit that she is a great artist, but the style of her voice isn't exactly my favorite. I like only some particular songs of her, but I've never had the patience to hear an entire Bjork album. From the other hand, Lars Von Trier isn't my favorite director. He has for sure a unique personal, distinctive filming style, but it's not ended up always in good results. Mainly not but in "Dancer in the Dark" this style is really amazing.

I believe that for Bjork and Lars Von Trier, "Dancer in the Dark" it's their masterpiece. Difficult characters as the told both of them, they create an explosive interpersonal chemistry in the movie - something that it's obvious. The entire movie is filmed in "hold in hand" camera that truly follows the actors like a different human eye. The truth is that it will take some time for your eyes to get used to this neurotic and dazzling filming style, but shortly you don't even notice the difference because you captivated by the story.

This story is really heart breaking but not in a mellow way. It gets you deep in sheer misery and despair but in a dissent and not excessive way. According to the official synopsis "Selma (Bjork) is a Czech immigrant, a single mother working in a factory in rural America. Her salvation is her passion for music, specifically, the all-singing, all-dancing numbers found in classic Hollywood musicals. Selma harbors a sad secret: she is losing her eyesight and her son Gene stands to suffer the same fate if she can't put away enough money to secure him an operation. When a desperate neighbor falsely accuses Selma of stealing his savings, the drama of her life escalates to a tragic finale".

"Dancer in the Dark" is a musical - but you should not wait to see a "Hollywood"-style musical. We should mention of course Catherine Deneuve, which is gorgeous even in the poor worker's outfit. She plays Kathy, Selma's best friend and co-worker in the industry. She tries to make her more social and take care of herself, but all in vain.

For sure "Dancer in the Dark" is not a "light" movie. It's not a movie to delight you but provoke you to think, about the human nature, the difficulties of life but the human insistence as well. The grant Cannes Prize was a fair decision for this movie. There are two sites about "Dancer in the Dark" are the official sites: one for Europe and the other for USA and they're really astonishing in their design. Definitely you should pay a visit over them and definitely you should watch the movie - if you haven't seen it already.