Saturday, January 28th at 12noon
Lars von Trier’s
THE KINGDOM EXODUS
$10 Members | $15 Public
In 2022, Lars von Trier has directed a
third season of his incomparable The Kingdom, which began in
1994 and helped establish the Danish filmmaker’s reputation for jolting imagery
and penchant for layered, unpredictable storytelling. The show’s legions of
fans will be delighted by his dark-comic return to the misfit world of
Copenhagen’s Rigshospitalet, once again ruled equally by sinister supernatural
visions and at times hilarious administrative incompetence. This time, the
hospital’s workers are aware of having been in a show, complaining that the
scoundrel Lars von Trier has given them a bad name. Our guides
to the increasing madness are Karen (Bødil Jorgensen), a curious
somnambulist who voluntarily checks herself in after wandering to the Kingdom
in her sleep, and the new Swedish head neurosurgeon, Stig Jr, (Mikael
Persbrandt), desperate to follow in the footsteps of his father, the
original series’ dastardly Dr. Stig Helmer. We are pleased to offer the
opportunity to theatrically experience all five episodes, featuring the return
of such original cast members as Ghita Norby, Peter Mygind, Søren
Pilmark, and Udo Kier, as well as appearances from Alexander
Skarsgard. (Denmark, 2022, 291 min., color, Danish and Swedish with
English subtitles, DCP | Dir. Lars von Trier) Please note: There will be
a 30-minute intermission during the screening.
