The Idiots (1999)

The Idiots (1999)
The second of the controversial Dogma 95 films. Set in present-day Denmark, it begins with a chance encounter between the timid Karen and a group of drop-outs engaged in a strange, informal experiment where they pretend to be mentally disabled. Initially shocked, Karen finds herself compelled to stay and eventually joins them in the experiment. However, as the group’s acts of ‘idiocy’ grow more extreme, and the reality of the outside world becomes more intrusive, the border between liberation and self-destruction begins to blur.