Az "idióták" fiatal emberek csoportja, akikben egy a közös: az idiotizmus. A főhadiszállásuk egy villa, ahol azzal töltik szabadidejüket, hogy felkutassák az idiotizmus rejtett, méltatlanul alábecsült értékeit. Tehetségüket folyamatosan tesztelik. Habzsolják az életet, idióta tetteik révén a társadalommal dacolnak. Semmi sem fogható a sikerhez, amikor valamelyikük túlszárnyalja önmagát. Karen véletlenül találkozik a csoport három tagjával és akaratlanul is részese lesz a játéknak...
Michael és bátyja, Christian megérkeznek apjuk vidéki kúriájára, ahol születésnapi partira készülnek. Az egész népes rokonság összejön az alkalomra, az apa 60. születésnapját ünneplik. Beárnyékolja az eseményt az a szomorú tény, hogy nemrég öngyilkos lett az egyik testvérük, Linda. Christian mond ünnepi köszöntőt, amelyből szörnyű titok derül ki, apjukkal kapcsolatban. A társaság képmutató módon próbálja továbbra is megőrizni azt a látszatot, mintha minden rendben lenne. Ám valójában mindenki érzi, hogy Christian bejelentése után már semmi nem lehet ugyanolyan, mint azelőtt volt...
Andreas egy szomorú dániai külvárosba költözik, ahol segédlelkészként kapott állást. Jorgen Mortensen, a barátságos szállodaportás rábeszéli, hogy iratkozzon be olasz nyelvtanfolyamra. Az esti kurzuson részt vevő csoport vegyes összetételű, de csupa kedves emberből áll, van ott cukrászdai eladónő, fodrász és pincér, aki mellesleg Juventus-szurkoló. Ezeknek a sérülékeny, magányos, de jólelkű embereknek a nyelvtanfolyam alkalmat ad arra, hogy megismerjék a szerelmet - és vele önmagukat -, méghozzá hamisítatlanul olasz módon!
Kresten éppen a nászéjszakáját követő hajnalon kap értesítést arról, hogy meghalt az apja. A gond csak az, hogy feleségének azt mondta, nincsenek élő rokonai. Sebtében elutazik apja lepusztult farmjára. Ám nemcsak a temetésről kell gondoskodnia, hanem gyengeelméjű bátyjáról is. Felvesz egy házvezetőnőt, Livát, akiről kiderül, nem az, akinek kiadja magát. Különös szituációk egész sora veszi ezzel kezdetét. A Lars von Trier által elindított filmes mozgalom, a Dogma keretein belül készült alkotás a harmadik a sorban az Idióták és a Születésnap után.
Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister Pearl, would-be wrestler brother Chris, sympathetic grandmother, and severely depressed German father.
A story of a filmmaker who falls in love with a woman he interviews for his film. The film presents the evolution of a relationship which shifts from the objective to the subjective, and from lies to truth.
Kira and Mads try to work out their marriage, after Kira has been two years in a mental institution, but is she really ready for the real world?
Peter and Chris, two young American friends in their late 20s, go from South Dakota to California on a scooter, and as they travel across the American landscape they see their country through different eyes, ranging from Peter's cynically nihilistic point of view, to Chris' high expectations and romantic notions of the United States.
Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of King Lear only manages to plunge this disparate group of travelers into turmoil as they struggle to overcome both nature's wrath and their own morality.
A French woman falls in love with a Yugoslavian man, not realizing that he is an illegal immigrant.
P. is a little girl's imaginary friend who lives inside the wall of her room. But one day he magically materialises and so must learn to live in the world like everyone else - a world where he is met with suspicion and hate but also with wonder and love.
Two stories run on parallel lines in a nocturnal Rome. Marcello is an easygoing sixty-five-year-old film producer trying to convince a beautiful actress to accept a part in a film. The other protagonist is a group of petty criminals and illegal immigrants who pass the night stealing, taking drugs, having sex and drinking. Marcello talks about his experience working with Fellini and Mastroianni during the wonderful years of DOLCE VITA; this strongly contrasts the city experienced by the immigrants.
A bittersweet and heartfelt story about going back. In the twenty-four hours before their 20th high school reunion, five friends, a younger brother and a mysterious photojournalist are reunited by determined Mayor Margaret to remember the good times of 1981
Fabián, a magician from Buenos Aires, saves his money from weddings, birthdays, and bar mitzvahs, and uses a hidden camera to document a week-long trip to the Falkland Islands where he has a patriotic plan: to impregnate a British woman. If 500 Argies do this annually, the islands will soon be overrun with children belonging to both cultures.
A documentary crew enters a drama school in Brussels to examine the controversial method of one of its teachers: the Open Door method. The great atmosphere soon disappear as ill-feelings settle.
The entire extended family is happily on its way to a nostalgic Christmas at a rented cabin in the mountains. The cabin becomes cramped, however, when mom and dad and four grown-up children with their respective families, a dog and in-laws from Poland squeeze inside the frozen cabin walls in 30-below-zero weather.
In 1984, the former mayor of a small upstate New York town was found dead in his car with a young girl. In the aftermath, his wife and his adopted daughter have to make sense of this situation, while a detective from out of town tries to solve the case.
Story of a video camera that goes on an adventure around the world. It's stolen, pawned, bought and generally goes in and out of bedrooms, shoots commercials, follows the life of an average ordinary video camera that goes around the planet until it winds up in the hands of filmmaker Richard Martini. This film has been designated at Dogma #15 by the Danish film group Dogme95.
10 bad actors in a class room trying to become good actors.
For Sandra, a woman in her late teens, life is wonderful. She has recently fallen in love with Daniel, a member of the group of young men she hangs around with frequently. Daniel is flattered by Sandra's affection for him and they begin to spend more time together, apart from the rest of the gang. Their relationship remains diffuse and directionless, provoking tension and threatening to cause a schism within the group.