Manderlay

Manderlay
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lars von Trier
Written by	Lars von Trier
Produced by	Vibeke Windeløv
Starring	Bryce Dallas Howard Willem Dafoe Danny Glover Lauren Bacall Jean-Marc Barr Udo Kier
Narrated by	John Hurt
Cinematography	Anthony Dod Mantle
Edited by	Molly Marlene Stensgård
Music by	Joachim Holbek
Production companies	Zentropa Entertainments13 ApS Canal+ SigmaIII Films Ltd. arte France Cinéma
Distributed by	Distributionsselskabet (Denmark) Nordisk Film[1] (Denmark; through Nordisk-Constantin-Fox[2]) Sony Pictures Releasing (Sweden)[2] A-Film Distribution (Netherlands)[3] Les Films du Losange (France)[2] Neue Visionen (Germany)[2] Metrodome Distribution (United Kingdom)[2] 01 Distribution (Italy)[3]
Release dates	16 May 2005 (2005-05-16) (Cannes) 3 June 2005 (2005-06-03) (Denmark)
Running time	138 minutes[4]
Countries	Denmark Sweden Netherlands France Germany United Kingdom Italy
Language	English
Budget	$14.2 million[3]
Box office	$675,000[3]

Manderlay is a 2005 avant-garde drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier, the second and most recent part of von Trier's projected USA – Land of Opportunities trilogy. It stars Bryce Dallas Howard, who replaces Nicole Kidman in the role of Grace Mulligan. The film co-stars Willem Dafoe, replacing James Caan. Lauren Bacall, Željko Ivanek, Jeremy Davies, and Chloë Sevigny return portraying different characters from those in Dogville. Only John Hurt, Udo Kier, and Jean-Marc Barr reprise their roles. The film was internationally co-produced with seven different European countries.

The staging is very similar to Dogville, which was shot on a sparsely dressed sound stage akin to black box theater. As in the case of Dogville, Manderlay's action is confined to a small geographic area, in this case a plantation. The film is dedicated in memory of a French film producer, Humbert Balsan (1954-2005).