Manderlay
MEANRANK
64/100
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 46, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 74. Critics average 48, everyone else 69.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- Lars von Trier
- Writer
- Lars von Trier
- Released
- 3 June 2005
- Country
- Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, Italy
- Language
- Danish
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $14.2M
- Box office
- $674.9K
- Awards
- 0 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 3 →0 wins from 3 nominations across 1 ceremony
| 18th European Film Awards 2005 | Best Production Designer | Peter Grant | Nominee |
| 18th European Film Awards 2005 | Best Composer | Joachim Holbek | Nominee |
| 18th European Film Awards 2005 | Best Cinematographer | Anthony Dod Mantle | Nominee |
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3 awards — Manderlay
×| Best Cinematographer | Anthony Dod Mantle | Nominee |
| Best Composer | Joachim Holbek | Nominee |
| Best Production Designer | Peter Grant | Nominee |