| The Orchid Gardener |
| Directed by |
Lars von Trier |
| Produced by |
Filmgruppe 16, Lars von Trier |
| Written by |
Lars von Trier |
| Starring |
Lars von Trier, Inger Hvidtfeldt |
| Release date(s) |
6 May 1977 |
| Running time |
37 minutes |
| Country |
Denmark |
| Language |
Danish |
The Orchid Gardener is a 1977 experimental film with a mysterious and symbolic plot directed by Lars von Trier.
A young, mentally ill man, a visual artist in crisis Victor Marse (Lars von Trier) meets two nurses (Eliza and her girlfriend) during his stay in a sanatorium. These nurses are obvious lesbians. Victor lives with Eliza and her son. He imagines another woman when he is roaming at a coast. He pretends committing a suicide but Eliza does not react to it. Every moment, he stays in front of a blank canvas and thinks. Meanwhile he dresses into Nazi clothes or into women dresses, then he leaves to go to the cinema, and abuses and probably kills a small girl. His masochistic affair with Eliza lasts; he is close to shooting her with a gun but instead she takes out a whip. Victor goes along the streets then he lies naked in front of the canvas on which he has left his bloody fingerprints. After this he drives a funeral car to his work - he is employed in a garden where orchids are grown. Eliza is now the past and in the end, Victor might be dead as someone drives a cross into the ground.
References[edit]
- Schepelern P., Lars von Trier a jeho filmy, Orpheus, 2004
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