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THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
 
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Completed - ENGLISH - Drama - 155 minutes

Log Line

“The greatest cathedrals have sublime artwork hidden in the darkest of corners for only God to see... so does MURDER!”

Year of production : 2018

Director(s) : Lars VON TRIER
Writer(s) : Lars VON TRIER
Cast : Matt DILLON, Bruno GANZ, Uma THURMAN, Riley KEOUGH, Sofie GRÅBØL, Siobhan FALLON HOGAN

Producer(s) : Louise VESTH (ZENTROPA PRODUCTIONS)

Synopsis

USA in the 1970s. We follow the highly intelligent Jack through 5 incidents and are introduced to the murders that define Jack’s development as a serial killer. We experience the story from Jack’s point of view. He views each murder as an artwork in itself, even though his dysfunction gives him problems in the outside world. Despite the fact that the final and inevitable police intervention is drawing ever near (which both provokes and puts pressure on Jack) he is – contrary to all logic – set on taking greater and greater chances. Along the way we experience Jack’s descriptions of his personal condition, problems and thoughts through a recurring conversation with the unknown Verge – a grotesque mixture of sophistry mixed with an almost childlike self-pity and in-depth explanations of, for Jack, dangerous and difficult maneuvers.

Production

Country(ies) : DENMARK, SWEDEN, FRANCE, GERMANY

AUSTRALIA MONSTER PICTURE
AUSTRALIA UMBRELLA ENTERT
BELGIUM SEPTEMBER FILM
BRAZIL CALIFORNIA FILM
BULGARIA EURO FILMS LTD
CZECH REPU AEROFILMS, S.R.
ESTONIA ESTINFILM
GERMANY TELE MÜNCHEN GR
GREECE SEVEN FILMS
HONG KONG SUNDREAM MOTION
HUNGARY VERTIGO MEDIA L
ICELAND May 03, 2019 HEIMILI KVIKMYN
ISRAEL LEV CINEMAS LTD
ITALY VIDEA S.P.A.
JAPAN THE KLOCKWORX C
KOREA (Sou ATNINE FILM CO.
NETHERLAND SEPTEMBER FILM
PERU Apr 11, 2019 11Y6 ENTERTAINM
POLAND GUTEK FILM LTD
PORTUGAL LEOPARDO FILMES
ROMANIA INDEPENDENTA FI
RUSSIA RUSSIAN WORLD V
SINGAPORE ANTICIPATE PICT
SLOVENIA CINEMANIA GROUP
SPAIN Jan 25, 2019 GOLEM DISTRIBUC
SWITZERLAN ASCOT ELITE ENT
TUNISIA Jan 09, 2019 HAKKA DISTRIBUT
UKRAINE ARTHOUSE TRAFFI
UNITED KIN CURZON CM FUND
UNITED KIN CURZON ARTIFICI

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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2018 Out of Competition
Busan IFF 2018 Midnight Passion


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