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DANCER IN THE DARK MOVIE STUDY GUIDE
This is a movie study guide worksheet to be used while watching Dancer in the Dark by Lars Von Triers with the impressive acting performance of Björk.
In this poignant and tragic story, Selma Jeskova is an immigrant from East Europe living in America, who works in a factory as a worker. She is a sweet and naive person and love musicals. She has a degenerative disease and is becoming blind. She works hard, including in the night shift, to save all the money she can get to permit her son Gene to be submitted to an eyes surgery when he reaches thirteen years old. Her unique entertainment is the theater, where she rehearses īThe Sound of Musicī at night, and going to the movie theater with her best friend and colleague Kathy. Selma lives in a trailer rented by Bill Houston and his wife Linda. Bill is a police officer, who spends more than he earns, to satisfy the requests of his beloved wife. One day, Bill finds where Selma keeps her money and steals her. A tragedy happens when she claims her money back.
It is great for debates or lessons about the Death Penalty or death row. The movie should be used with advanced students since the emotional impact of the movie is quite strong.
I split the tasks into 7 teams so that each team has a specific issue to deal with. I then ask them to present their findings to the class. Hope you like it. Enjoy.
Level:advanced
Age: +15
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